Identification and characterization of lysine-rich proteins and starch biosynthesis genes in the opaque2 mutant by transcriptional and proteomic analysis

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jia, Mo ^a   Wu, Hao ^a   Clay, Kasi L ^a   Jung, Rudolf ^b   Larkins, Brian A ^c   Gibbon, Bryan C ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Opaque endosperm; Opaque2; Protein quality; Quality protein maize; Starch biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LYSINE; OPAQUE 2 PROTEIN, ZEA MAYS; OPAQUE-2 PROTEIN, ZEA MAYS; STARCH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENDOSPERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT SEED; PROTEOMICS;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDOSPERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYSINE; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEOMICS; SEEDS; STARCH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84876744413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-13-60     Document Type: Article

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