A single base change altered the regulation of the waxy gene at the posttranscriptional level during the domestication of rice

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 978-987

  Hirano, Hiro Yuki ^a,b   Eiguchi, Mitsugu ^a   Sano, Yoshio ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amylose; Domestication; Posttranscriptional control; Rice (Oryza); Waxy (Wx) gene

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RICE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; JAPONICA; ORYZA; ORYZA GLABERRIMA; ORYZA RUFIPOGON; ORYZA SATIVA (INDICA CULTIVAR-GROUP);

EID: 0031904473     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026013     Document Type: Article

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