GS6, A Member of the GRAS gene family, negatively regulates grain size in rice

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 938-949

  Sun, Lianjun ^a,b   Li, Xiaojiao ^a,b   Fu, Yongcai ^a,b   Zhu, Zuofeng ^a,b   Tan, Lubin ^a,b   Liu, Fengxia ^a,b   Sun, Xianyou ^a,b   Sun, Xuewen ^a,b   Sun, Chuanqing ^a,b  

^a MOE Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Domestication; Grain size; GS6; Haplotype; Oryza sativa; Rice

Indexed keywords

CLONE; CULTIVAR; DOMESTICATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; RICE; YIELD RESPONSE;

JAPONICA; ORYZA SATIVA;

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DOMESTICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GRAIN; GS6; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAME; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RICE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

DOMESTICATION; GRAIN SIZE; GS6; HAPLOTYPE; ORYZA SATIVA; RICE;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OPEN READING FRAMES; ORGAN SIZE; ORYZA SATIVA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEEDS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 84885187352     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12062     Document Type: Article

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