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Seed storage albumins: biosynthesis, trafficking and structures.

Joshua S Mylne1, Ikuko Hara-Nishimura2, K Johan Rosengren3

  • 1The University of Western Australia, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, WA 6009, Australia.

Functional Plant Biology : FPB
|June 3, 2020
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Seed storage albumins, vital for seedling nutrition, undergo complex processing and transport during seed development. This review details their movement, modification, and final structure within plant vacuoles.

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