Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Put 1cm³ of amylase enzyme into tube 1 but not tube 2. Leave at room temperature for five minutes. Test for starch ...

In order to observe the effect of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) on carbohydrate metabolism, unripe banana (Musa acuminata AAA, cv. Nanicão) slices were infiltrated with the hormone and left to ripen ...

Two new studies found that ancient human ancestors carried a surprising diversity of genes for amylase, an enzyme that breaks down starch. By Carl Zimmer As soon as you put starch in your mouth — ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A predictable divergence in gene frequency of the amylase variants Amy1 and Amy4,6, which differ in their enzymatic activities, was recorded ...