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Manipulation of starch granule size distribution in potato tubers by modulation of plastid division.

Plant Biotechnol J

January 2006

TNO Nutrition and Food Research, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Zernikedreef 9, 2333 CK Leiden, the Netherlands.

Starch granule size is an important parameter for starch applications in industry. Starch granules are formed in amyloplasts, which are, like chloroplasts, derived from proplastids. Division processes and associated machinery are likely to be similar for all plastids.

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