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Natural Polymorphisms in Arabidopsis Result in Wide Variation or Loss of the Amylose Component of Starch.
Plant physiology - 1 Feb 2020
Seung David, Echevarría-Poza Alberto, Steuernagel Burkhard, Smith Alison M
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Starch granules contain two Glc polymers, amylopectin and amylose. Amylose makes up approximately 10% to 30% (w/w) of all natural starches thus far examined, but mutants of crop and model plants that produce amylose-free starch are generally indistinguishable from their wild-type counterparts with respect to growth, starch content, and granule morphology. Since the function and adaptive significance of amylose...
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