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Two loci control phytoglycogen production in the monocellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
Plant physiology - 1 Apr 2001
Dauvillée D, Colleoni C, Mouille G, Buléon A, Gallant D J, Bouchet B, Morell M K, d'Hulst C, Myers A M, Ball S G
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The STA8 locus of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was identified in a genetic screen as a factor that controls starch biosynthesis. Mutations of STA8 cause a significant reduction in the amount of granular starch produced during nutrient limitation and accumulate phytoglycogen. The granules remaining in sta8 mutants are misshapen, and the abundance of amylose and long chains in amylopectin is altered. Mutations of the...
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