Intricate environment-modulated genetic networks control isoflavone accumulation in soybean seeds

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gutierrez Gonzalez, Juan J ^a,d   Wu, Xiaolei ^a   Gillman, Jason D ^a   Lee, Jeong Dong ^b   Zhong, Rui ^c   Yu, Oliver ^c   Shannon, Grover ^a   Ellersieck, Mark ^a   Nguyen, Henry T ^a   Sleper, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SOYBEAN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; ISOFLAVONES; LINEAR MODELS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEEDS; SOYBEANS;

EID: 77953311673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-10-105     Document Type: Article

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