Deletion mutagenesis identifies a haploinsufficient role for γ-Zein in opaque2 endosperm modification

Plant Physiology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 119-130

  Yuan, Lingling ^a   Dou, Yongchao ^a,b   Kianian, Shahryar F ^c   Zhang, Chi ^a,b   Holding, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSINE; PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZEIN;

ARTICLE; ENDOSPERM; EXON; GAMMA RADIATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT CHROMOSOME; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; ENDOSPERM; EXONS; GAMMA RAYS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY; LYSINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PLANT PROTEINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RNA, PLANT; ZEA MAYS; ZEIN;

EID: 84891794785     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.230961     Document Type: Article

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