Analysis of gene-disruption mutants of a sucrose phosphate synthase gene in rice, OsSPS1, shows the importance of sucrose synthesis in pollen germination

Plant Science

Volumn 225, Issue , 2014, Pages 102-106

  Hirose, Tatsuro ^a,b   Hashida, Yoichi ^b   Aoki, Naohiro ^b   Okamura, Masaki ^b   Yonekura, Madoka ^c   Ohto, Chikara ^c   Terao, Tomio ^a   Ohsugi, Ryu ^b  

^a FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Oryza sativa L; Pollen germination; Pollen maturation; Sucrose phosphate synthase

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; RETROPOSON; STARCH; SUCROSE; SUCROSE-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CROSS BREEDING; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT GENE; POLLEN; RETROPOSON; RICE;

CROSSES, GENETIC; GENES, PLANT; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HETEROZYGOTE; MUTATION; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; RETROELEMENTS; STARCH; SUCROSE;

EID: 84902971325     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2014.05.018     Document Type: Article

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