Publication no. C-2001-1001-01R |  VIEW ARTICLE

REVIEW: Biochemical, Genetic, and Molecular Characterization of Wheat Glutenin and Its Component Subunits.

M. C. Gianibelli (1-3), O. R. Larroque (1,2), F. MacRitchie (4), and C. W. Wrigley (1,2). (1) CSIRO Plant Industry, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia. Present address for Gianibelli and Larroque: CSIRO Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. (2) Quality Wheat CRC, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia. (3) Corresponding author. E-mail: <giani@pi.csiro.au> (4) Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-2201. Cereal Chem. 78(6):635-646. Accepted March 26, 2001. Copyright 2001 American Association of Cereal Chemists, Inc.

The emphasis of this review is on the subunits of glutenin. See the AACC web site, lectures and special features section, for a fuller version of this review, in which glutenin subunits are placed in the context of the full spectrum of gluten proteins.