Maize SBP-box transcription factors unbranched2 and unbranched3 affect yield traits by regulating the rate of lateral primordia initiation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 52, 2014, Pages 18775-18780

  Chuck, George S ^a   Brown, Patrick J ^b   Meeley, Robert ^c   Hake, Sarah ^a  

^a PLANT GENE EXPRESSION CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflorescence; Maize; Meristem; QTL; Yield

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SBP BOX; UNBRANCHED2 PROTEIN; UNBRANCHED3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AGRONOMIC TRAIT; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LOSS; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROL; DUPLICATE GENE; FEMALE; FLOWER; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRAIT; GRAIN YIELD; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; INBRED STRAIN; INFLORESCENCE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MAIZE; MALE; MERISTEM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CELL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STRUCTURES; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT ORGANOGENESIS;

ZEA MAYS;

MERISTEM; MUTATION; ORGANOGENESIS, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84924560025     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1407401112     Document Type: Article

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