Disruption of a novel NADH-glutamate synthase2 gene caused marked reduction in spikelet number of rice

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2011, Pages

  Tamura, Wataru ^a   Kojima, Soichi ^a   Toyokawa, Ayako ^a   Watanabe, Hideo ^a   Tabuchi Kobayashi, Mayumi ^a   Hayakawa, Toshihiko ^a   Yamaya, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Knockout mutant; Nadh glutamate synthase2; Nitrogen remobilization; Retrotransposon; Rice; Spikelet number

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878870582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2011.00057     Document Type: Article

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