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Amyloplast division progresses simultaneously at multiple sites in the endosperm of rice.
Plant & cell physiology - 1 Sept 2009
Yun Min-Soo, Kawagoe Yasushi
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The amyloplast, a form of differentiated plastid, proliferates in sink tissues, where it synthesizes and stores starch granules. Little is known about the molecular mechanism for amyloplast division and development. The rice (Oryza sativa) endosperm provides an excellent model system for studying molecular mechanisms involved in amyloplast division and starch synthesis. We compared amyloplast division processes...
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