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A T-DNA mutation in the RNA helicase eIF4A confers a dose-dependent dwarfing phenotype in Brachypodium distachyon.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Jun 2011
Vain Philippe, Thole Vera, Worland Barbara, Opanowicz Magdalena, Bush Max S, Doonan John H
Abstract excerpt
In a survey of the BrachyTAG mutant population of Brachypodium distachyon, we identified a line carrying a T-DNA insertion in one of the two eukaryotic initiation factor 4A (eIF4A) genes present in the nuclear genome. The eif4a homozygous mutant plants were slow-growing, and exhibited reduced final plant stature due to a decrease in both cell number and cell size, consistent with roles for eIF4A in both cell...
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