Novel role of ZmaNAC36 in co-expression of starch synthetic genes in maize endosperm

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 359-369

  Zhang, Junjie ^a   Chen, Jiang ^a   Yi, Qiang ^a   Hu, Yufeng ^a   Liu, Hanmei ^a   Liu, Yinghong ^a   Huang, Yubi ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Maize endosperm; NAC; Starch synthesis; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84890866476     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-013-0153-x     Document Type: Article

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