Analysis of grain characters in temperate grasses reveals distinctive patterns of endosperm organization associated with grain shape

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 6253-6266

  Hands, Philip ^a   Kourmpetli, Sofia ^a   Sharples, Donna ^a   Harris, Robert G ^a   Drea, Sinéad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aleurone; Brachypodium; cereal grain; endosperm; monocot; temperate grasses

Indexed keywords

DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT RNA; STARCH; TETRAZOLIUM; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BRACHYPODIUM; CELL SIZE; CELL WALL; CEREAL; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOSPERM; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HORDEUM; METABOLISM; POACEAE; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WHEAT;

BRACHYPODIUM; CELL SIZE; CELL WALL; CEREALS; ENDOSPERM; HORDEUM; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; PLANT PROTEINS; POACEAE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STARCH; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; TRITICUM;

AVENA; AVENEAE; BRACHYPODIUM; BROMEAE; HORDEUM; POACEAE; POEAE; POOIDEAE; TRITICEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84868033726     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers281     Document Type: Review

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