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Biochemical and genetic analysis of the effects of amylose-extender mutation in rice endosperm.
Plant physiology - 1 Oct 2001
Nishi A, Nakamura Y, Tanaka N, Satoh H
Abstract excerpt
Biochemical analysis of amylose-extender (ae) mutant of rice (Oryza sativa) revealed that the mutation in the gene for starch-branching enzyme IIb (BEIIb) specifically altered the structure of amylopectin in the endosperm by reducing short chains with degree of polymerization of 17 or less, with the greatest decrease in chains with degree of polymerization of 8 to 12. The extent of such change was correlated with...
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