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A potato alpha-glucosidase gene encodes a glycoprotein-processing alpha-glucosidase II-like activity. Demonstration of enzyme activity and effects of down-regulation in transgenic plants.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Nov 2000
Taylor M A, Ross H A, McRae D, Stewart D, Roberts I, Duncan G, Wright F, Millam S, Davies H V
Abstract excerpt
In order to elucidate more fully the function of a potato gene (MAL1) encoding alpha-glucosidase activity, transgenic plants in which MAL1 expression was down-regulated were generated using antisense technology. In transgenic lines severely down-regulated in the expression of MAL1, total alpha-glucosidase activity was not decreased in leaves and tubers, and the contents of starch, glucose, fructose and sucrose...
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