Brassinosteroids promote development of rice pollen grains and seeds by triggering expression of Carbon Starved Anther, a MYB domain protein

Plant Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 570-581

  Zhu, Xiaolei ^a   Liang, Wanqi ^a   Cui, Xiao ^a   Chen, Mingjiao ^a   Yin, Changsong ^a   Luo, Zhijing ^a   Zhu, Jiaying ^b   Lucas, William J ^c   Wang, Zhiyong ^b   Zhang, Dabing ^a,d  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

brassinosteroids; carbon starved anther; development; pollen grains; regulatory cascade; seeds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CARBON; CELL PROLIFERATION; CROPS; GENES; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PROTEINS; SEED;

AGRICULTURAL CROPS; BRASSINOSTEROIDS; DEVELOPMENT; PLANT REPRODUCTION; POLLEN GRAINS; RICE POLLEN GRAINS; SUGAR ACCUMULATION; SUGAR PARTITIONING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BRASSINOSTEROID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; ORYZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BRASSINOSTEROIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; ORYZA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN; SEEDS;

EID: 84929266043     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12820     Document Type: Article

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