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Biosynthesis of Starch and Its Regulation

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Plant Carbohydrates I

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology ((921,volume 13 / A))

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The first in vitro demonstration of (1→4)-α-glucosidic linkage formation in plants occurred in 1940 when Hanes (1940) demonstrated the formation of an amylose product from glucose-1-P using potato extracts [reaction (1)].

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