New perspectives on the role of α- and β-amylases in transient starch synthesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Wu, Alex Chi ^a,b   Ral, Jean Philippe ^c   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

AMYLASE; BETA AMYLASE; ISOAMYLASE; STARCH; GLUCAN;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CHAIN LENGTH DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; PROCESS MODEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STEADY STATE; ALGORITHM; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM;

ALGORITHMS; ALPHA-AMYLASES; ARABIDOPSIS; BETA-AMYLASE; GLUCANS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; STARCH;

EID: 84903530623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100498     Document Type: Article

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