Review: The Arabidopsis β-amylase (BAM) gene family: Diversity of form and function

Plant Science

Volumn 276, Issue , 2018, Pages 163-170

  Monroe, Jonathan D ^a   Storm, Amanda R ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multi gene family; Pseudoenzymes; Starch; Transcription factors; amylase (BAM)

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BETA AMYLASE; MALTOSE; STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; STRUCTURAL MODEL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BETA-AMYLASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HYDROLYSIS; MALTOSE; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; STARCH;

EID: 85052885751     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: 18732259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.08.016     Document Type: Review

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