RNA interference can rebalance the nitrogen sink of maize seeds without losing hard endosperm

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Wu, Yongrui ^a   Messing, Joachim ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ZEIN; LYSINE; NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEIN; AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSPERM; GENE SILENCING; GRAIN PROTEIN CONTENT; MAIZE; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT SEED; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEED KERNEL; AGRICULTURE; BOTANY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

AGRICULTURE; AMINO ACIDS; BOTANY; ENDOSPERM; LYSINE; MUTATION; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZEA MAYS; ZEIN;

EID: 84863296659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032850     Document Type: Article

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