The boron efflux transporter ROTTEN EAR is required for maize inflorescence development and fertility

Plant Cell

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2962-2977

  Chatterjee, Mithu ^a   Tabi, Zara ^b   Galli, Mary ^a   Malcomber, Simon ^c,d   Buck, Amy ^b   Muszynski, Michael ^e   Gallavotti, Andrea ^a,f  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPORTER; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BOR1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; BORON; CARRIER PROTEIN; PLANT PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL WALL; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; DRUG EFFECTS; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFLORESCENCE; MAIZE; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; REPRODUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XYLEM;

ANTIPORTERS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BORON; CELL WALL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INFLORESCENCE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MERISTEM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REPRODUCTION; XYLEM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84907360173     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.125963     Document Type: Article

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