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Sweet wheat.
Genes & genetic systems - 1 Oct 2006
Nakamura Toshiki, Shimbata Tomoya, Vrinten Patricia, Saito Mika, Yonemaru Junichi, Seto Yasuhiro, Yasuda Hideyo, Takahama Masao
Abstract excerpt
The major components of storage starch are amylose and amylopectin, and in wheat, both an amylose-free mutant lacking granule-bound starch synthase I and a high-amylose mutant lacking starch synthase IIa have been produced recently. Here, we report the production of an amylose-free/ high-amylose double mutant. This double mutant has kernel and carbohydrate characteristics that are remarkably different than those...
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