Allelic variants of the amylose extender mutation of maize demonstrate phenotypic variation in starch structure resulting from modified protein-protein interactions

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1167-1183

  Liu, Fushan ^a   Ahmed, Zaheer ^a   Lee, Elizabeth A ^a   Donner, Elizabeth ^b   Liu, Qiang ^b   Ahmed, Regina ^c   Morell, Matthew K ^c   Emes, Michael J ^a   Tetlow, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amylopectin; amyloplasts; amylose extender; high amylose; protein phosphorylation; protein protein interactions; starch branching enzyme; starch granule bound proteins; starch phosphorylase; starch synthase; starch synthesis

Indexed keywords

1,4 ALPHA GLUCAN BRANCHING ENZYME; AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; STARCH; STARCH SYNTHASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLASTID; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

1,4-ALPHA-GLUCAN BRANCHING ENZYME; ALLELES; AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; STARCH; STARCH SYNTHASE; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84863116705     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err341     Document Type: Article

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