In vitro biochemical characterization of all barley endosperm starch synthases

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue JAN2016, 2016, Pages

  Cuesta Seijo, Jose A ^a   Nielsen, Morten M ^a   Ruzanski, Christian ^a,c   Krucewicz, Katarzyna ^a   Beeren, Sophie R ^a,d   Rydhal, Maja G ^b   Yoshimura, Yayoi ^a,e   Striebeck, Alexander ^a   Motawia, Mohammed S ^b   Willats, William G T ^b   Palcic, Monica M ^a,f  

^a CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affinity; Barley; Biochemical characterization; Expression levels; Kinetics; Stability; Starch synthases; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956610735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.01265     Document Type: Article

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