Article
The brown midrib3 (bm3) mutation in maize occurs in the gene encoding caffeic acid O-methyltransferase.
The Plant cell - 1 Apr 1995
Vignols F, Rigau J, Torres M A, Capellades M, Puigdomènech P
Abstract excerpt
The brown midrib mutations are among the earliest described in maize. Plants containing a brown midrib mutation exhibit a reddish brown pigmentation of the leaf midrib starting when there are four to six leaves. These mutations are known to alter lignin composition and digestibility of plants and therefore constitute prime candidates in the breeding of silage maize. Here, we show that two independent brown...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Gene Deletion
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genes, Plant
- Methyltransferases
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Restriction Mapping
- Retroelements