Mutation of a rice gene encoding a phenylalanine biosynthetic enzyme results in accumulation of phenylalanine and tryptophan

Plant Cell

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1316-1329

  Yamada, Tetsuya ^a,b   Matsuda, Fumio ^a,g   Kasai, Koji ^a   Fukuoka, Shuichi ^c   Kitamura, Keisuke ^b   Tozawa, Yuzuru ^a,d   Miyagawa, Hisashi ^a,e   Wakasa, Kyo ^a,f  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^g RIKEN   (Japan)

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ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 55949121218     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.057455     Document Type: Article

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