BT1, a possible adenylate translocator, is developmentally expressed in maize endosperm but not detected in starchy tissues from several other species

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 400-406

  Cao, Heping ^a,b   Shannon, Jack C ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brittle1 gene; Brittle1 protein; Developmental expression; Maize; Specificity; Starch synthesis; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030993286     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1000223.x     Document Type: Article

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