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Selected Publications:

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1. Yao, Y., Guiltinan, M.J., Thompson, D.B. (2005) High performance size-exclusion chromatography (HPSEC) and fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis (FACE) to describe the chain length distribution of debranched starch.  Carbohydrate Research, 340:701-710.

2. Yao, Y., Thompson, D.B., Guiltinan, M.J. (2004) Maize starch branching enzyme (SBE) isoforms and amylopectin structure: in the absence of SBEIIb, the further absence of SBEIa leads to increased branching. Plant Physiology, 136:3515-3523.

3. Yao, Y., Zhang, J., Ding, X. (2003) Partial beta-amylolysis retards starch retrogradation in rice product. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 51:4066-4071.

4. Yao, Y., Zhang, J., Ding, X. (2003) Retrogradation of starch mixtures containing rice starch. Journal of Food Science, 68:260-265.

5. Yao, Y., Zhang, J. and Ding, X. (2002) Structure-retrogradation relationship of rice starches in purified starches and cooked rice grains: a statistical investigation. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 50:7420-742.

6. Yao, Y., Guiltinan, M.J., Shannon, J.C., Thompson, D.B. (2002) Single kernel sampling method for maize starch analysis while maintaining kernel vitality. Cereal Chemistry, 79:757–762.

7. Yao, Y., Ding, X. (2002) Pulsed NMR study of rice starch retrogradation. Cereal Chemistry, 79:751-756.

8. Blauth, S.L., Yao, Y., Klucinec, J.D., Shannon, J.C., Thompson, D.B., Guiltinan, M.J. (2001) Identification of Mutator insertional mutants of starch-branching enzyme 2a in corn. Plant Physiology, 125:1396-1405.