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Mutations in the MIT3 gene encoding a caroteniod isomerase lead to increased tiller number in rice.
Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology - 1 Feb 2018
Liu Lihua, Xie Tingting, Peng Peng, Qiu Haiyang, Zhao Jinfeng, Fang Jingjing, Patil Suyash Bhimgonda, Wang Yiqin, Fang Shuang, Chu Jinfang, Yuan Shoujiang, Zhang Wenhui, Li Xueyong
Abstract excerpt
Carotenoids not only play important roles in light harvesting and photoprotection against excess light, but also serve as precursors for apocaroteniod hormones such as abscisic acid (ABA) and strigolactones (SLs). Although light- and ABA-associated phenotypes of the carotenoid biosynthesis mutants such as albino, leaf variegation and preharvest sprouting have been studied extensively, the SLs-related branching...
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