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SUBMITTER: Regina A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1450120 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Regina Ahmed A Bird Anthony A Topping David D Bowden Sarah S Freeman Judy J Barsby Tina T Kosar-Hashemi Behjat B Li Zhongyi Z Rahman Sadequr S Morell Matthew M
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20060228 10
Foods high in resistant starch have the potential to improve human health and lower the risk of serious noninfectious diseases. RNA interference was used to down-regulate the two different isoforms of starch-branching enzyme (SBE) II (SBEIIa and SBEIIb) in wheat endosperm to raise its amylose content. Suppression of SBEIIb expression alone had no effect on amylose content; however, suppression of both SBEIIa and SBEIIb expression resulted in starch containing >70% amylose. When the >70% amylose ...[more]