Starch self-processing in transgenic sweet potato roots expressing a hyperthermophilic α-amylase

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 351-359

  Santa Maria, Monica C ^a,c   Yencho, Craig G ^a   Haigler, Candace H ^a   Thompson, William F ^a   Kelly, Robert M ^b   Sosinski, Bryon ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Hyperthermophilic enzymes; Starch conversion; Sweet potato; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

A PLANTS; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION; AMYLOLYTIC ENZYMES; COST EFFECTIVE; ENERGY CROPS; ENGINEERING PLANT; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; ETHANOL YIELD; FERMENTABLE SUGARS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC; PROCESS ECONOMICS; STORAGE ROOTS; SWEET POTATO; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANTS; TRANSGENICS;

AMYLASES; CATALYSTS; CROPS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; ETHANOL; GENE ENCODING; HYDROLASES; PLANTS (BOTANY); STARCH; SUGARS;

FOOD STORAGE;

AMYLASE; STARCH;

ARTICLE; CROP; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HEAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SWEET POTATO; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UNITED STATES;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; IPOMOEA BATATAS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STARCH; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79954422341     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: 15206033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.573     Document Type: Article

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