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Concerted suppression of all starch branching enzyme genes in barley produces amylose-only starch granules.
BMC plant biology - 21 Nov 2012
Carciofi Massimiliano, Blennow Andreas, Jensen Susanne L, Shaik Shahnoor S, Henriksen Anette, Buléon Alain, Holm Preben B, Hebelstrup Kim H
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BACKGROUND: Starch is stored in higher plants as granules composed of semi-crystalline amylopectin and amorphous amylose. Starch granules provide energy for the plant during dark periods and for germination of seeds and tubers. Dietary starch is also a highly glycemic carbohydrate being degraded to glucose and rapidly absorbed in the small intestine. But a portion of dietary starch, termed "resistant starch" (RS)...
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