A dominant mutation of TWISTED DWARF 1 encoding an α-tubulin protein causes severe dwarfism and right helical growth in rice

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 209-218

  Sunohara, Hidehiko ^a   Kawai, Takayuki ^a   Shimizu Sato, Sae ^a   Sato, Yutaka ^a,c   Sato, Kanna ^b   Kitano, Hidemi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

tubulin; Dextrality (right helical growth); Dwarfism; Oryza sativa L.; Semidominant

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN;

ANISOTROPY; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DWARFISM; GENE MUTATION; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; RICE;

GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, PLANT; MUTATION; ORYZA SATIVA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TACROLIMUS BINDING PROTEINS; TUBULIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; LILIOPSIDA; ORYZA SATIVA; PISUM SATIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70349085426     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.84.209     Document Type: Article

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