Genetic manipulations of protein quality in maize grain

Field Crops Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 37-48

  Motto, M ^a   Hartings, H ^a   Maddaloni, M ^a   Lohmer, S ^b   Salamini, F ^b   Thompson, R ^b  

^a Istituto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endosperm mutants; Gene expression; Regulatory genes; Storage proteins; Transgenic plants; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007873878     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4290(95)00057-7     Document Type: Article

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