Control of Starch Biosynthesis in Vascular Plants and Algae

Annual Plant Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue , 2007, Pages 258-289

  Morell, Matthew K ^a   Li, Zhongyi ^a   Regina, Ahmed ^a   Rahman, Sadiq ^a   D'Hulst, Christophe ^b   Ball, Steven G ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Algae; Biosynthesis; Carbohydrate; Germination; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903184203     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470988640.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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