Cloning and characterization of a putative GS3 ortholog involved in maize kernel development

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 753-763

  Li, Qing ^a   Yang, Xiaohong ^a   Bai, Guanghong ^a,b   Warburton, Marilyn L ^c   Mahuku, George ^d   Gore, Michael ^e   Dai, Jingrui ^a   Li, Jiansheng ^a   Yan, Jianbing ^a,d  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^e Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION MAPPING; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; EVOLUTION OF GRAIN; GENE CONTROLLING; GRAIN SIZE; KERNEL WEIGHT; MAIZE GENES; MAIZE KERNELS; NUCLEOTIDE DIVERSITY; NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; ORTHOLOGS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; POSITIVE SELECTION; PROMOTER REGION;

AMINO ACIDS; CLONING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; NUCLEOTIDES; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYMORPHISM; PROTEINS;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

ARTICLE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEEDS; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 76049119436     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-009-1196-x     Document Type: Article

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