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Mutation of MeMinD increased amyloplast size with a changed starch granule morphologenesis and structures in cassava storage roots.
Carbohydrate polymers - 15 Jan 2025
Lu Xiaohua, Wang Yajie, Pan Mu, Chen Songbi, Li Ruimei, Geng Mengting, Chen Yinhua, Liu Jiao, Guo Jianchun, Yao Yuan
Abstract excerpt
Amyloplasts are the sites of starch synthesis and accumulation. Little is known about amyloplast division and its effects on the size, structure, and physicochemical properties of starch granules. In this study, we created mutants of plastid division-related gene MeMinD by CRISPR/Cas9 technology, leading to the disruption of normal division of amyloplasts in cassava storage roots. The memind mutants exhibited...
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