Progress in Arabidopsis starch research and potential biotechnological applications

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-280

  Santelia, Diana ^a   Zeeman, Samuel C ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; HIGHER PLANTS; LEAF STARCH; STARCH BIOSYNTHESIS; STARCH DEGRADATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROPS;

STARCH;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; GLUCAN; PHOSPHATE; STARCH; STARCH SYNTHASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CROP IMPROVEMENT; GENE MUTATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT YIELD; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 79954421079     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2010.11.014     Document Type: Review

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