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Increasing the amylose content of durum wheat through silencing of the SBEIIa genes

BACKGROUND: High amylose starch has attracted particular interest because of its correlation with the amount of Resistant Starch (RS) in food. RS plays a role similar to fibre with beneficial effects for human health, providing protection from several diseases such as colon cancer, diabetes, obesity...

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Autores principales: Sestili, Francesco, Janni, Michela, Doherty, Angela, Botticella, Ermelinda, D'Ovidio, Renato, Masci, Stefania, Jones, Huw D, Lafiandra, Domenico
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3095290/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20626919
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2229-10-144