The control of spikelet meristem identity by the branched silkless1 gene in maize

Science

Volumn 298, Issue 5596, 2002, Pages 1238-1241

  Chuck, George ^a   Muszynski, Michael ^a   Kellogg, Elizabeth ^a   Hake, Sarah ^a   Schmidt, Robert J ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; GENES; NUTRITION; SILK;

SIGNALING PATHWAYS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

GENE; MAIZE;

ARTICLE; BRANCHED SILKLESS 1 GENE; CEREAL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRASS; INFLORESCENCE; MAIZE; MERISTEM; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOWERS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MERISTEM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037044816     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1076920     Document Type: Article

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