A trehalose metabolic enzyme controls inflorescence architecture in maize

Nature

Volumn 441, Issue 7090, 2006, Pages 227-230

  Satoh Nagasawa, Namiko ^a   Nagasawa, Nobuhiro ^b   Malcomber, Simon ^c,d   Sakai, Hajime ^b   Jackson, David ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CROPS; DERIVATIVES; GENES; METABOLISM;

BRANCHING PATTERNS; CAROTENOID DERIVATIVES; ENZYME CONTROLS; INFLORESCENCE ARCHITECTURE;

ENZYMES;

AUXIN; CAROTENOID; CYTOKININ; SUGAR; TREHALOSE; TREHALOSE 6 PHOSPHATE PHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CROP PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH REGULATOR; MAIZE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; MAIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RAMOSA GENE; RAMOSA1 GENE; RAMOSA3 GENE; SHOOT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BIODIVERSITY; ENZYMES; FARM CROPS; GENES; METABOLISM;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33646553361     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04725     Document Type: Article

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