The Maize Low-Phytic Acid Mutant lpa2 Is Caused by Mutation in an Inositol Phosphate Kinase Gene.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Jinrui Shi; Hongyu Wang; Yunsheng Wu; Hazebroek, Jan; Meeley, Robert B.; Ertl, David S.
- Source
- Plant Physiology. Feb2003, Vol. 131 Issue 2, p507. 9p. 7 Diagrams, 4 Charts, 2 Graphs.
- Subject
- *PLANT mutation
*PHYTIC acid
*INOSITOL phosphates
*GENE expression in plants
*MESSENGER RNA
- Language
- ISSN
- 0032-0889
Reports that the maize low-phytic acid lpa2 mutant is caused by mutation in an inositol phosphate kinase gene. Use of low-phytic acid mutants in genetic breeding; Identification of the maize inositol phosphate kinase gene; Expression of the ZmIpk messenger RNA in the embryo.