Open AccessSynthesizing Starch: Roles for Rugosus5 and Dull1
Author(s) -
Crispin B. Taylor
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.10.3.311
Subject(s) - biology , starch , biochemistry
One feature that has undoubtedly contributed to the success of higher plants is their ability to set aside excess fixed carbon, either transiently or in specialized storage organs. Starch is the most prevalent carbon storage compound in plants. Its transient deposition in leaf chloroplasts helps to
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