Suppression of glucan, water dikinase in the endosperm alters wheat grain properties, germination and coleoptile growth

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 398-408

  Bowerman, Andrew F ^a,b   Newberry, Marcus ^a   Dielen, Anne Sophie ^a,c   Whan, Alex ^a   Larroque, Oscar ^a   Pritchard, Jenifer ^a   Gubler, Frank ^a   Howitt, Crispin A ^a   Pogson, Barry J ^b   Morell, Matthew K ^a,d   Ral, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Coleoptile; Endosperm; Glucan, water dikinase; Grain; Phosphate; Starch

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; AMYLOPECTIN; GLUCAN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT PROTEIN; STARCH; WATER;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COTYLEDON; EMBRYOLOGY; ENDOSPERM; ENZYMOLOGY; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HARDNESS; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; SEEDLING; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; AMYLOPECTIN; COTYLEDON; ENDOSPERM; GERMINATION; GLUCANS; HARDNESS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PAIRED ACCEPTORS); PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDLINGS; SEEDS; STARCH; TRANSGENES; TRITICUM; WATER;

EID: 84955191387     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12394     Document Type: Article

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