The maize (Zea mays L.) roothairless3 gene encodes a putative GPI-anchored, monocot-specific, COBRA-like protein that significantly affects grain yield

Plant Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 888-898

  Hochholdinger, Frank ^a   Wen, Tsui Jung ^b,e   Zimmermann, Roman ^a   Chimot Marolle, Patricia ^c   Da Costa E Silva, Oswaldo ^c,f   Bruce, Wesley ^d,g   Lamkey, Kendall R ^b   Wienand, Udo ^c   Schnable, Patrick S ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^e BASF Future Business GmbH ^*  (United States)

^f BASF SE   (Germany)

^g BASF CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

COBRA like; Maize; Mutant; Root hairs; rth3

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PRIMER DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAIZE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, PLANT; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MUTATION; ZEA MAYS;

ORYZA SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 44349138767     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03459.x     Document Type: Article

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