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Amyloplasts

Known as: Amyloplast 
A plastid whose main function is to synthesize and store starch. [ISBN:0140514031]
National Institutes of Health

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Plastids

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amyloplast envelopeamyloplast starch grain

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Alkaline inorganic pyrophosphatase and starch synthesis in amyloplasts
The aim of this work was to see if amyloplasts contained inorganic pyrophosphatase. Alkaline pyrophosphatase activity, largely… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Root gravitropism: a complex response to a simple stimulus?
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
ADP-glucose drives starch synthesis in isolated maize endosperm amyloplasts: characterization of starch synthesis and transport properties across the amyloplast envelope.
We recently developed a method of purifying amyloplasts from developing maize (Zea mays L.) endosperm tissue [Neuhaus, Thom, Batz… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Root cytoskeleton: its role in perception of and response to gravity
Abstract. We have critically evaluated the possible functions of the plant cytoskeleton in root gravisensing and graviresponse… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
GSP-1 genes are linked to the grain hardness locus (Ha) on wheat chromosome 5D.
An important determinant of wheat grain quality is the hardness of the grain. The trait is controlled by a major locus, Ha, on… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Isolation and characterization of ferritin from soyabeans (Glycine max).
1985
1985
Isolation of amyloplasts from developing maize endosperm.
Methods for the formation of protoplasts from developing maize endosperm and for the aqueous isolation of intact amyloplasts from… 
1984
1984
Can a Ca2+ pump in the endoplasmic reticulum of the Lepidium root be the trigger for rapid changes in membrane potential after gravistimulation?
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Localization of Calcium in Amyloplasts of Root-Cap Cells Using Ion Microscopy
An ion microscope has been used to demonstrate that the calcium ion is present in the amyloplasts of root-cap cells of corn, pea… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Geotropic Response of Wheat Coleoptiles in Absence of Amyloplast Starch
Young coleoptiles of wheat (Triticum durum var. Henry), depleted of amyloplast starch by incubation at 30°C with gibberellin plus… 
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