OsAAP6 functions as an important regulator of grain protein content and nutritional quality in rice

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Peng, Bo ^a   Kong, Huili ^a   Li, Yibo ^a   Wang, Lingqiang ^a   Zhong, Ming ^a   Sun, Liang ^a   Gao, Guanjun ^a   Zhang, Qinglu ^a   Luo, Lijun ^b   Wang, Gongwei ^a   Xie, Weibo ^a   Chen, Junxiao ^a   Yao, Wen ^a   Peng, Yong ^a   Lei, Lei ^a   Lian, Xingmin ^a   Xiao, Jinghua ^a   Xu, Caiguo ^a   Li, Xianghua ^a   He, Yuqing ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Agrobiological Gene Center   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMINOID; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLOBULIN; GLUTENIN; PROLAMIN; STARCH; AMINO ACID; GLUTEN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID; BIOACCUMULATION; CULTIVAR; NUTRITION; PROTEIN; RICE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ABSORPTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAIN PROTEIN CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RECOMBINANT INBRED STRAIN; RICE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT ROOT;

ALBUMINS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; AMINO ACIDS; BASE SEQUENCE; GLOBULINS; GLUTENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PROLAMINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; STARCH;

EID: 84923364590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5847     Document Type: Article

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