Tassel-less1 encodes a boron channel protein required for inflorescence development in maize

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1044-1054

  Leonard, April ^a   Holloway, Beth ^a,c   Guo, Mei ^b   Rupe, Mary ^b   Yu, Gongxin ^b   Beatty, Mary ^b   Zastrow Hayes, Gina ^b   Meeley, Robert ^b   Llaca, Victor ^a   Butler, Karlene ^a   Stefani, Tony ^b   Jaqueth, Jennifer ^a   Li, Bailin ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b DUPONT PIONEER   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boron; Boron channel protein; Tassel; Tassel less1; Zea mays; ZmNIP3; 1

Indexed keywords

BORON; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFLORESCENCE; MAIZE; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BORON; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; INFLORESCENCE; MERISTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84902517673     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu036     Document Type: Article

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