Pleiotropy and its dissection through a metabolic gene Miniature1 (Mn1) that encodes a cell wall invertase in developing seeds of maize

Plant Science

Volumn 184, Issue , 2012, Pages 45-53

  Chourey, Prem S ^a,b   Li, Qin Bao ^a   Cevallos Cevallos, Juan ^b  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordinate gene regulation; Endosperm embryo interaction; Metabolic control; Seed mass

Indexed keywords

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; FRUCTOSE; MESSENGER RNA; SUCROSE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL WALL; ENDOSPERM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; PLEIOTROPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL WALL; ENDOSPERM; FRUCTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDS; SUCROSE; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84862818012     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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