opaque-2 modifiers increase γ-zein synthesis and alter its spatial distribution in maize endosperm

Plant Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 1991, Pages 1207-1219

  Geetha, K B ^a   Lending, Craig R ^b   Lopes, Mauricio A ^a   Wallace, John C ^c   Larkins, Brian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; ZEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MUTATION; PLANTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZEA MAYS; ZEIN;

EID: 0026249716     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.3.11.1207     Document Type: Article

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