Identification and characterization of maize Salmon silks genes involved in insecticidal maysin biosynthesis

Plant Cell

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1297-1309

  Casas, María Isabel ^a   Falcone Ferreyra, María Lorena ^b   Jiang, Nan ^a   Mejía Guerra, María Katherine ^a   Rodríguez, Eduardo ^c   Wilson, Tyler ^a   Engelmeier, Jacob ^a   Casati, Paula ^b   Grotewold, Erich ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^c Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Rosario   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; GLUCOSIDE; ISOORIENTIN; LUTEOLIN; MAYSIN; PLANT PROTEIN; UDP-RHAMNOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE SUGAR;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE;

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; FLAVONOIDS; GLUCOSIDES; LUTEOLIN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE SUGARS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84978139611     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.16.00003     Document Type: Article

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