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Rice gene SDL/RNRS1, encoding the small subunit of ribonucleotide reductase, is required for chlorophyll synthesis and plant growth development.
Gene - 5 Sept 2017
Qin Ran, Zeng Dongdong, Liang Rong, Yang Chengcong, Akhter Delara, Alamin Md, Jin Xiaoli, Shi Chunhai
Abstract excerpt
A new mutant named sdl (stripe and drooping leaf) was characterized from indica cultivar Zhenong 34 by ethylmethane sulfonate (EMS) mutagenesis. The mutant sdl exhibited development defects including stripe and drooping leaf, dwarfism and deformed floral organs. The gene SDL was found allelic to RNRS1 by map-based cloning, which was homologous to Arabidopsis TSO2 encoding the small subunit of ribonucleotide...
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