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A capillary zone electrophoresis assay for the nucleoside transfer enzyme adenosine diphosphate-glucose pyrophosphorylase

scientific article published on 01 February 1995

A co-fractionation mass spectrometry-based prediction of protein complex assemblies in the developing rice aleurone-subaleurone

scientific article published on 01 September 2021

A guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Rab5 proteins is essential for intracellular transport of the proglutelin from the Golgi apparatus to the protein storage vacuole in rice endosperm

scientific article

A polymorphic motif in the small subunit of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase modulates interactions between the small and large subunits

scientific article

A role for the cysteine-rich 10 kDa prolamin in protein body I formation in rice

scientific article

ATP binding site in the plant ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase large subunit

scientific article published on 20 November 2006

Accurate in vitro transcription of plant promoters with nuclear extracts prepared from cultured plant cells

scientific article published in May 1991

Allosteric regulation of the higher plant ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase is a product of synergy between the two subunits

scientific article published on 13 January 2005

Analyses of alpha/beta-type gliadin genes from diploid and hexaploid wheats

scientific article published in January 1987

Analysis of nuclear proteins interacting with a wheat alpha/beta-gliadin seed storage protein gene

scientific article published on 01 April 1993

Analysis of the Rice ADP-Glucose Transporter (OsBT1) Indicates the Presence of Regulatory Processes in the Amyloplast Stroma That Control ADP-Glucose Flux into Starch

scientific article published on 11 January 2016

Both subunits of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase are regulatory

scientific article

Catalytic implications of the higher plant ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase large subunit

scientific article published on 04 January 2007

Characterization of RNA binding protein RBP-P reveals a possible role in rice glutelin gene expression and RNA localization

scientific article published on 30 March 2014

Cis-elements important for the expression of the ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase small-subunit are located both upstream and downstream from its structural gene

scientific article published on 01 March 1996

Comparison of the primary sequences of two potato tuber ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase subunits

scientific article published in November 1991

Control of starch synthesis in cereals: metabolite analysis of transgenic rice expressing an up-regulated cytoplasmic ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in developing seeds

scientific article published on 10 February 2009

Developmental and Subcellular Organization of Single-Cell C₄ Photosynthesis in Bienertia sinuspersici Determined by Large-Scale Proteomics and cDNA Assembly from 454 DNA Sequencing

scientific article published on 9 April 2015

Direct appraisal of the potato tuber ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase large subunit in enzyme function by study of a novel mutant form

scientific article

Directed molecular evolution of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase.

scientific article

Dual regulated RNA transport pathways to the cortical region in developing rice endosperm

scientific article published in 2003

Exploiting leaf starch synthesis as a transient sink to elevate photosynthesis, plant productivity and yields.

scientific article published on 13 June 2011

Exploring mechanisms linked to differentiation and function of dimorphic chloroplasts in the single cell C4 species Bienertia sinuspersici.

scientific article published on 21 January 2014

Expression of a rice glutelin promoter in transgenic tobacco

scientific article published on 01 January 1990

Formation of wheat protein bodies: Involvement of the Golgi apparatus in gliadin transport

scientific article published in November 1988

Generation of up-regulated allosteric variants of potato ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase by reversion genetics

scientific article

Generation, characterization, and heterologous expression of wild-type and up-regulated forms of Arabidopsis thaliana leaf ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase

scientific article

Guanine nucleotide exchange factor 2 for Rab5 proteins coordinated with GLUP6/GEF regulates the intracellular transport of the proglutelin from the Golgi apparatus to the protein storage vacuole in rice endosperm

scientific article

How do single cell C4 species form dimorphic chloroplasts?

scientific article

Identification and DNA sequence analysis of a γ-type gliadin cDNA plasmid from winter wheat.

scientific article

Identification of a cytoskeleton-associated 120 kDa RNA-binding protein in developing rice seeds.

scientific article

Identification of cis-localization elements of the maize 10-kDa delta-zein and their use in targeting RNAs to specific cortical endoplasmic reticulum subdomains.

scientific article published on 5 June 2009

Identification of cis-localization elements that target glutelin RNAs to a specific subdomain of the cortical endoplasmic reticulum in rice endosperm cells

scientific article published on 15 July 2009

Identification of the ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase isoforms essential for starch synthesis in the leaf and seed endosperm of rice (Oryza sativa L.).

scientific article published on 4 April 2007

Immunochemical studies on the role of the Golgi complex in protein-body formation in rice seeds

scientific article

Improving starch yield in cereals by over-expression of ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase: expectations and unanticipated outcomes.

scientific article published on 12 July 2013

In vitro cultures and regeneration of Bienertia sinuspersici (Chenopodiaceae) under increasing concentrations of sodium chloride and carbon dioxide.

scientific article published on 8 April 2011

Interactions of nitrate and CO2 enrichment on growth, carbohydrates, and rubisco in Arabidopsis starch mutants. Significance of starch and hexose

scientific article published on 01 November 2002

Investigation of subunit function in ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase

scientific article published on 01 March 2001

Isolation and characterization of a higher plant ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase small subunit homotetramer

scientific article published on 01 September 2000

Isolation and characterization of cytoplasmic and chloroplastic ribosomes and their ribosomal RNAs from the diatom Cylindrotheca fusiformis

scientific article published on 01 January 1977

Isolation and identification of cytoskeleton-associated prolamine mRNA binding proteins from developing rice seeds

scientific article

Isolation of Escherichia coli structural genes coding for the glycogen biosynthetic enzymes

scientific article published on 01 January 1982

Isolation of a crystal matrix protein associated with calcium oxalate precipitation in vacuoles of specialized cells

scientific article published in October 2003

Leaf development in the single-cell C4 system in Bienertia sinuspersici: expression of genes and peptide levels for C4 metabolism in relation to chlorenchyma structure under different light conditions

scientific article published on 30 July 2008

Messenger RNA targeting of rice seed storage proteins to specific ER subdomains

scientific article published in October 2000

Modulation of allosteric regulation by E38K and G101N mutations in the potato tuber ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase

scientific article published on 7 September 2013

Molecular characterization of the gene encoding a rice endosperm-specific ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase subunit and its developmental pattern of transcription

scientific article published on January 15, 1991

Multifunctional RNA Binding Protein OsTudor-SN in Storage Protein mRNA Transport and Localization

scientific article published on 30 October 2017

Multiple RNA binding protein complexes interact with the rice prolamine RNA cis-localization zipcode sequences

scientific article published on 31 January 2014

Mutagenesis of the potato ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase and characterization of an allosteric mutant defective in 3-phosphoglycerate activation

scientific article published on February 1996

Mutation of the plastidial alpha-glucan phosphorylase gene in rice affects the synthesis and structure of starch in the endosperm

scientific article published on 11 July 2008

N- and C-terminal peptide sequences are essential for enzyme assembly, allosteric, and/or catalytic properties of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase

scientific article published on 01 April 1998

Nonrandom DNA sequencing of exonuclease III-deleted complementary DNA

scholarly article

Nucleotide and primary sequence of a major rice prolamine

scientific article published on April 25, 1988

Protein disulfide isomerase like 1-1 participates in the maturation of proglutelin within the endoplasmic reticulum in rice endosperm

scientific article published on 13 July 2010

Proteomic analysis of cytoskeleton-associated RNA binding proteins in developing rice seed

scientific article published in October 2009

RNA targeting to a specific ER sub-domain is required for efficient transport and packaging of α-globulins to the protein storage vacuole in developing rice endosperm

scientific article published on 18 January 2012

RNA-Binding Protein RBP-P Is Required for Glutelin and Prolamine mRNA Localization in Rice Endosperm Cells

scientific article published on 06 September 2018

Rapid purification of the potato ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase by polyhistidine-mediated chromatography

scientific article published in November 2004

Re-programming of gene expression in the CS8 rice line over-expressing ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase induces a suppressor of starch biosynthesis

scientific article published on 14 January 2019

Relative turnover numbers of maize endosperm and potato tuber ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylases in the absence and presence of 3-phosphoglyceric acid

scientific article published on 6 March 2003

Resolving the compartmentation and function of C4 photosynthesis in the single-cell C4 species Bienertia sinuspersici

scientific article published on 24 January 2011

Rice Endosperm Starch Phosphorylase (Pho1) Assembles with Disproportionating Enzyme (Dpe1) to Form a Protein Complex That Enhances Synthesis of Malto-oligosaccharides.

scientific article published on 8 August 2016

Rice endosperm-specific plastidial alpha-glucan phosphorylase is important for synthesis of short-chain malto-oligosaccharides

scientific article published on 4 January 2010

RiceRBP: A Resource for Experimentally Identified RNA Binding Proteins in Oryza sativa

scientific article

RiceRBP: a database of experimentally identified RNA-binding proteins in Oryza sativa L.

scientific article

Role of silicon in diatom metabolism IX. Differential synthesis of DNA polymerases and DNA-binding proteins during silicate starvation and recovery in Cylindrotheca fusiformis

scientific article published on June 22, 1978

Role of silicon in diatom metabolism. X. Polypeptide labelling patterns during the cell cycle, silicate starvation and recovery in Cylindrotheca fusiformis

scientific article published on 01 February 1980

Segregation of storage protein mRNAs on the rough endoplasmic reticulum membranes of rice endosperm cells

scientific article published on 01 March 1993

Structural changes in the vacuole and cytoskeleton are key to development of the two cytoplasmic domains supporting single-cell C(4) photosynthesis in Bienertia sinuspersici

scientific article published on 30 October 2008

Substrate binding mutants of the higher plant ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase

scientific article published on 01 February 1998

Substrate binding properties of potato tuber ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase as determined by isothermal titration calorimetry

scientific article published on 4 May 2015

Subunit interactions specify the allosteric regulatory properties of the potato tuber ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase.

scientific article published on 9 August 2007

Targeted Endoplasmic Reticulum Localization of Storage Protein mRNAs Requires the RNA-Binding Protein RBP-L

scientific article published on 18 January 2019

Targeting of mRNAs to domains of the endoplasmic reticulum

scientific article published on 01 March 1994

Targeting of proteins to endoplasmic reticulum-derived compartments in plants. The importance of RNA localization.

scientific article

The cytoplasmic-localized, cytoskeletal-associated RNA binding protein OsTudor-SN: evidence for an essential role in storage protein RNA transport and localization

scientific article published on 12 April 2008

The effects of salinity on photosynthesis and growth of the single-cell C4 species Bienertia sinuspersici (Chenopodiaceae)

scientific article published on September 14, 2010

The plastidial starch phosphorylase from rice endosperm: catalytic properties at low temperature

scientific article published on 09 January 2016

The production of recombinant proteins in transgenic barley grains.

scholarly article

The pyridine nucleotide cycle: presence of a nicotinamide mononucleotide-specific glycohydrolase in Escherichia coli

scientific journal article

The rice endosperm ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase large subunit is essential for optimal catalysis and allosteric regulation of the heterotetrameric enzyme.

scientific article

The rice mutant esp2 greatly accumulates the glutelin precursor and deletes the protein disulfide isomerase

scientific article

The role of the large subunit in redox regulation of the rice endosperm ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase.

scientific article published on 30 September 2014

The small GTPase Rab5a is essential for intracellular transport of proglutelin from the Golgi apparatus to the protein storage vacuole and endosomal membrane organization in developing rice endosperm

scientific article published on 08 August 2011

The transport of prolamine RNAs to prolamine protein bodies in living rice endosperm cells

scientific article published on 24 September 2003

Tissue-specific expression and temporal regulation of the rice glutelin Gt3 gene are conferred by at least two spatially separated cis-regulatory elements

scientific article published on 01 June 1994

mRNA Localization in Plant Cells

scientific article published on 14 October 2019

mRNA localization in plants: targeting to the cell's cortical region and beyond.

scientific article

mRNA-based protein targeting to the endoplasmic reticulum and chloroplasts in plant cells

scientific article published on 02 October 2014