Molecular characterisation of the Wx-B1 allelic variants identified in cultivated emmer wheat and comparison with those of durum wheat

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 403-411

  Guzman C ^a   Caballero, L ^b   Alvarez, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amylose content; Emmer wheat; Genetic polymorphism; Waxy proteins

Indexed keywords

CYCLODEXTRINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS;

ALLELIC VARIANTS; AMYLOSE CONTENT; DURUM WHEATS; EMME WHEAT; GENE SEQUENCES; GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; PROTEIN COMPOSITION; SDS-PAGE; WAXY PROTEINS;

GENES;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM DICOCCON; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DICOCCUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 80052265045     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-010-9493-2     Document Type: Article

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