Allelic variation at a single gene increases food value in a drought-tolerant staple cereal

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Gilding, Edward K ^a   Frère, Celine H ^b   Cruickshank, Alan ^c   Rada, Anna K ^d   Prentis, Peter J ^e   Mudge, Agnieszka M ^a   MacE, Emma S ^c   Jordan, David R ^c   Godwin, Ian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c Hermitage Research Station   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PULLULANASE;

ALLELE; CEREAL; CROP PRODUCTION; DIGESTIBILITY; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FOOD SECURITY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VARIATION; LAND USE; METABOLISM; PLEIOTROPY; SORGHUM; STARCH; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CEREAL; CROP; DROUGHT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CEREALS; DROUGHTS; FOOD SUPPLY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HUMANS; INBREEDING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SORGHUM;

EID: 84874604721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2450     Document Type: Article

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