Chinese Bulletin of Botany ›› 1999, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (04): 352-358.

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Recent Advances on Molecular Biology of Starch Biosynthesis in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

BAO Jin-song and XIA Ying-Wu   

  1. (Institute of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hanzhou 310029)
  • Received:1998-09-01 Revised:1998-09-28 Online:1999-07-20 Published:1999-07-20
  • Contact: BAO Jin-song

Abstract: The recent advances on molecular biology of starch biosynthesis in rice ate reviewed in this paper. The main contents consist of identification and characterization of the enzymes involved in starch biosynthesis and the gene expression of the corresponding enzymes in rice. The potential manipulation on the genes to change the enzyme activity for improvement of rice starch quality is also introduced.