Characterization of a new rice glutelin gene GluD-1 expressed in the starchy endosperm

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 4233-4245

  Kawakatsu, Taiji ^a   Yamamoto, Masayuki P ^a,b   Hirose, Sakiko ^a   Yano, Masahiro ^a   Takaiwa, Fumio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

bZIP; DOF; Endosperm specific expression; Glutelin; Promoter; Rice; Seed storage protein; Transgenic crop

Indexed keywords

GLUTEN; SEED STORAGE PROTEIN; STARCH;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION; RICE;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUTENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEED STORAGE PROTEINS; SEEDS; STARCH;

JAPONICA;

EID: 57149108483     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern265     Document Type: Article

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