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New starch phenotypes produced by TILLING in barley.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Sparla Francesca, Falini Giuseppe, Botticella Ermelinda, Pirone Claudia, Talamè Valentina, Bovina Riccardo, Salvi Silvio, Tuberosa Roberto, Sestili Francesco, Trost Paolo
Abstract excerpt
Barley grain starch is formed by amylose and amylopectin in a 1:3 ratio, and is packed into granules of different dimensions. The distribution of granule dimension is bimodal, with a majority of small spherical B-granules and a smaller amount of large discoidal A-granules containing the majority of the starch. Starch granules are semi-crystalline structures with characteristic X-ray diffraction patterns. Distinct...
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