Metabolome-based genome-wide association study of maize kernel leads to novel biochemical insights

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wen, Weiwei ^a   Li, Dong ^a   Li, Xiang ^a   Gao, Yanqiang ^a   Li, Wenqiang ^a   Li, Huihui ^b   Liu, Jie ^a   Liu, Haijun ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Luo, Jie ^a   Yan, Jianbing ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; NARINGENIN;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GENOTYPE; MAIZE; METABOLISM;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CROP IMPROVEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENOTYPE; INDEL MUTATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAIZE; METABOLITE; METABOLOME; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT GENE; PLANT METABOLISM; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; METABOLOME; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84896507396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4438     Document Type: Article

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