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Divergent properties of prolamins in wheat and maize.
Planta - 1 Jun 2013
Zhang Wei, Sangtong Vavaporn, Peterson Joan, Scott M Paul, Messing Joachim
Abstract excerpt
Cereal grains are an important nutritional source of amino acids for humans and livestock worldwide. Wheat, barley, and oats belong to a different subfamily of the grasses than rice and in addition to maize, millets, sugarcane, and sorghum. All their seeds, however, are largely devoid of free amino acids because they are stored during dormancy in specialized storage proteins. Prolamins, the major class of storage...
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