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Provedor de dados: 	Electronic Journal of Biotechnology	
País: 	Chile	
Título: 	Genetic variability for waxy genes in Argentinean bread wheat germplasm	
Autores: 	Vanzetti,Leonardo Sebastián; Pflüger,Laura Alicia; Rodríguez-Quijano,Marta; Carrillo,José Maria; Helguera,Marcelo.	
Data: 	2009-01-01	
Ano: 	2009	
Palavras-chave: 	Characterization; Molecular markers; Triticum aestivum L.; Starch; Waxy genes; Wheat.	
Resumo: 	Amylose and amylopectin are the two polysaccharides that constitute starch in bread wheat and the enzyme GBSSI (Granule-bound starch synthase I), also known as waxy protein, is responsible for amylose synthesis in storage tissues. Decrease of the amylose content in starch has been associated with the lack of waxy protein(s). In this work, different sets of PCR markers were used to characterize the genetic variability of waxy loci from 103 Argentinean bread wheat cultivars. For the Wx-A1 locus, Wx-A1a and a novel molecular allele designed Wx-A1g were detected. Wx-B1 locus showed three alleles (Wx-B1a, Wx-B1b, Wx-B1e), and Wx-D1 locus showed only the Wx-D1a allele. Novel single-locus allele specific markers for Wx-A1b, Wx-B1b and Wx-D1b null alleles were also described. To our best knowledge this is the first study focused to characterize the genetic variability for waxy genes in bread wheat cultivars from South America.	
Tipo: 	Journal article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582009000100004	
Editor: 	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Electronic Journal of Biotechnology  v.12 n.1 2009