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Transport of boron by the tassel-less1 aquaporin is critical for vegetative and reproductive development in maize.
The Plant cell - 1 Jul 2014
Durbak Amanda R, Phillips Kimberly A, Pike Sharon, O'Neill Malcolm A, Mares Jonathan, Gallavotti Andrea, Malcomber Simon T, Gassmann Walter, McSteen Paula
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The element boron (B) is an essential plant micronutrient, and B deficiency results in significant crop losses worldwide. The maize (Zea mays) tassel-less1 (tls1) mutant has defects in vegetative and inflorescence development, comparable to the effects of B deficiency. Positional cloning revealed that tls1 encodes a protein in the aquaporin family co-orthologous to known B channel proteins in other species....
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