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Identification of Mutator insertional mutants of starch-branching enzyme 2a in corn.
Plant physiology - 1 Mar 2001
Blauth S L, Yao Y, Klucinec J D, Shannon J C, Thompson D B, Guilitinan M J
Abstract excerpt
Starch-branching enzymes (SBE) break the alpha-1,4 linkage of starch, re-attaching the chain to a glucan chain by an alpha-1,6 bond, altering starch structure. SBEs also facilitate starch accumulation by increasing the number of non-reducing ends on the growing chain. In maize (Zea mays), three isoforms of SBE have been identified. To examine the function of the SBEIIa isoform, a reverse genetics polymerase chain...
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