Antagonistic actions of HLH/bHLH proteins are involved in grain length and weight in rice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Heang, Dany ^a   Sassa, Hidenori ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; POSITIVE REGULATOR OF GRAIN LENGTH 1 PROTEIN; THIOREDOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BRASSINOSTEROID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANTAGONISTIC ACTION; ARTICLE; CELL ELONGATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC REGULATION; GRAIN; GRAIN YIELD; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PALEA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEMMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; GENE REPRESSION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT CELL; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RNA INTERFERENCE;

BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOMASS; BRASSINOSTEROIDS; GENES, PLANT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORYZA SATIVA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CELLS; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEEDS; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

EID: 84857433306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031325     Document Type: Article

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