The maize Brown midrib 1 locus affects cell wall composition and plant development in a dose-dependent manner

Heredity

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 450-457

  Vermerris, W ^a   Thompson, K J ^a   McIntyre, L M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown midrib; Cell wall; Flowering; Maize; Pollen; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

MAIZE; MUTATION;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MAIZE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

CELL WALL; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, PLANT; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85047686333     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800078     Document Type: Article

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