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BRITTLE CULM1, which encodes a COBRA-like protein, affects the mechanical properties of rice plants.
The Plant cell - 1 Sept 2003
Li Yunhai, Qian Qian, Zhou Yihua, Yan Meixian, Sun Lei, Zhang Mu, Fu Zhiming, Wang Yonghong, Han Bin, Pang Xiaoming, Chen Mingsheng, Li Jiayang
Abstract excerpt
Plant mechanical strength is an important agronomic trait. To understand the molecular mechanism that controls the plant mechanical strength of crops, we characterized the classic rice mutant brittle culm1 (bc1) and isolated BC1 using a map-based cloning approach. BC1, which encodes a COBRA-like protein, is expressed mainly in developing sclerenchyma cells and in vascular bundles of rice. In these types of cells,...
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