The ZmASR1 protein influences branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis and maintains kernel yield in maize under water-limited conditions

Plant Physiology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 917-936

  Virlouvet, Laetitia ^a   Jacquemot, Marie Pierre ^b   Gerentes, Denise ^c   Corti, Héléne ^b   Bouton, Sophie ^b,f   Gilard, Françoise ^d   Valot, Benoît ^b   Trouverie, Jacques ^b,g   Tcherkez, Guillaume ^a   Falque, Matthieu ^b   Damerval, Catherine ^b   Rogowsky, Peter ^e   Perez, Pascual ^c,h   Noctor, Graham ^a   Zivy, Michel ^b   Coursol, Sylvie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^c Biogemma Auvergne   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT SCIENCES PARIS SACLAY IPS2   (France)

^e Claud Bernard University Lyon 1   (France)

^f Université de Picardie Jules Verne   (France)

^g University Caen UMR INRA UCBN 950 Ecophysiologie Végétale   (France)

^h NONE   (France)

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EID: 80053597264     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.176818     Document Type: Article

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