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Identification and characterization of the maize arogenate dehydrogenase gene family.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Aug 2010
Holding David R, Meeley Robert B, Hazebroek Jan, Selinger David, Gruis Fred, Jung Rudolf, Larkins Brian A
Abstract excerpt
In plants, the amino acids tyrosine and phenylalanine are synthesized from arogenate by arogenate dehydrogenase and arogenate dehydratase, respectively, with the relative flux to each being tightly controlled. Here the characterization of a maize opaque endosperm mutant (mto140), which also shows retarded vegetative growth, is described The opaque phenotype co-segregates with a Mutator transposon insertion in an...
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