The maize brown midrib2 (bm2) gene encodes a methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase that contributes to lignin accumulation

Plant Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 380-392

  Tang, Ho Man ^a,c   Liu, Sanzhen ^a,d   Hill Skinner, Sarah ^a   Wu, Wei ^a,e   Reed, Danielle ^a,e   Yeh, Cheng Ting ^a   Nettleton, Dan ^a,b   Schnable, Patrick S ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

brown midrib; lignin; methylenetetrahydrofolate; S adenosyl l methionine; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; BROWN MIDRIBS; LIGNIN CONCENTRATION; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; S ADENOSYL L METHIONINES; S-ADENOSYL- L -METHIONINE; ZEA MAYS;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENE EXPRESSION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); LIGNIN;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ZEA MAYS;

LIGNIN; METHIONINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TRANSCRIPTOME; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BROWN MIDRIB; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BROWN MIDRIB; LIGNIN; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE; S-ADENOSYL-L-METHIONINE; ZEA MAYS;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CELL WALL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOTYPE; LIGNIN; METHIONINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84893642975     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12394     Document Type: Article

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