Dissection of maize kernel composition and starch production by candidate gene association

Plant Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2719-2733

  Wilson, Larissa M ^a   Whitt, Sherry R ^b   Ibáñez, Ana M ^c   Rocheford, Torbert R ^d   Goodman, Major M ^a   Buckler IV, Edward S ^e  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; STARCH;

MAIZE KERNEL COMPOSITION; SHRUNKEN1 (SH1); STARCH CONCENTRATION; STARCH PRODUCTION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CEREALS; CORN; GENES; PLANTS; PROTEINS; STARCH;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

PRIMER DNA; STARCH;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, PLANT; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; STARCH; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 14544289422     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.104.025700     Document Type: Article

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