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FLOURY ENDOSPERM7 encodes a regulator of starch synthesis and amyloplast development essential for peripheral endosperm development in rice.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Feb 2016
Zhang Long, Ren Yulong, Lu Bingyue, Yang Chunyan, Feng Zhiming, Liu Zhou, Chen Jun, Ma Weiwei, Wang Ying, Yu Xiaowen, Wang Yunlong, Zhang Wenwei, Wang Yihua, Liu Shijia, Wu Fuqing, Zhang Xin, Guo Xiuping, Bao Yiqun, Jiang Ling, Wan Jianmin
Abstract excerpt
In cereal crops, starch synthesis and storage depend mainly on a specialized class of plastids, termed amyloplasts. Despite the importance of starch, the molecular machinery regulating starch synthesis and amyloplast development remains largely unknown. Here, we report the characterization of the rice (Oryza sativa) floury endosperm7 (flo7) mutant, which develops a floury-white endosperm only in the periphery and...
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