Mutations in an AP2 transcription factor-like gene affect internode length and leaf shape in maize

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Jiang, Fukun ^a,b   Guo, Mei ^c   Yang, Fang ^d   Duncan, Keith ^b   Jackson, David ^d   Rafalski, Antoni ^b   Wang, Shoucai ^a   Li, Bailin ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^d WM Keck Structural Biology Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; PRIMER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2;

AGRONOMIC TRAIT; ALLELE; AP2 GENE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME ARM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIL1 GENE; EXON; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTERNODE ELONGATION; INTRON; LEAF DEVELOPMENT; LEAF STRUCTURE; MAIZE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CELL; PLANT GENE; PLANT HEIGHT; POINT MUTATION; SPLICING DEFECT; CHROMOSOME MAP; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ZEA MAYS;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ETHYL METHANESULFONATE; GENES, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAVES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-2; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84861379634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037040     Document Type: Article

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