The priming of storage glucan synthesis from bacteria to plants: Current knowledge and new developments

New Phytologist

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-21

  D'Hulst, Christophe ^a   Mérida, Ángel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glycogen priming; Glycogenin; Starch initiation; Starch metabolism; Starch synthase

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; STARCH; STARCH SYNTHASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE; METABOLISM; PLANT; POLYMER; STARCH;

BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; GLYCOGEN; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; STARCH; STARCH SYNTHASE;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 77956275684     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03361.x     Document Type: Review

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