A Parameterized Model of Amylopectin Synthesis Provides Key Insights into the Synthesis of Granular Starch

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Wu, Alex Chi ^a,b   Morell, Matthew K ^c   Gilbert, Robert G ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOPECTIN; STARCH; STARCH SYNTHASE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ENDOSPERM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; LAMELLAR BODY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

AMYLOPECTIN; CRYSTALLIZATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORYZA SATIVA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84878785100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065768     Document Type: Article

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