Transposon insertion in a cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase gene is responsible for a brown midrib1 mutation in maize

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 289-297

  Chen, Wei ^a   VanOpdorp, Nathan ^a   Fitzl, Dennis ^a   Tewari, Jagdish ^a   Friedemann, Peter ^a   Greene, Tom ^b   Thompson, Steve ^a   Kumpatla, Siva ^a   Zheng, Peizhong ^a  

^a DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^b PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

bm1; Brown midrib; Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase; Lignin; Mutant; Transposon

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84866182526     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-012-9948-4     Document Type: Article

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