Overexpression of the maize GRF10, an endogenous truncated growth-regulating factor protein, leads to reduction in leaf size and plant height

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1053-1063

  Wu, Lei ^a   Zhang, Dengfeng ^b   Xue, Ming ^a   Qian, Jianjun ^a   He, Yan ^a   Wang, Shoucai ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

GIF; Growth regulating factor; Maize; Overexpression; RNA Seq; Transcriptional activator

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH; LEAF; MAIZE; PROTEIN; RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ZEA MAYS;

PHYTOHORMONE; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTOME; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; MAIZE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTOME; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84931824763     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12220     Document Type: Article

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