Starches-from current models to genetic engineering

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 223-232

  Sonnewald, Uwe ^a   Kossmann, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Regulation of starch metabolism; Starch degradation; Starch synthesis

Indexed keywords

STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84873122740     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12029     Document Type: Review

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