Alternative splicing at the intersection of biological timing, development, and stress responses

D Staiger, JWS Brown - The Plant Cell, 2013 - academic.oup.com
High-throughput sequencing for transcript profiling in plants has revealed that alternative
splicing (AS) affects a much higher proportion of the transcriptome than was previously …

Not just a grain of rice: the quest for quality

MA Fitzgerald, SR McCouch, RD Hall - Trends in plant science, 2009 - cell.com
A better understanding of the factors that contribute to the overall grain quality of rice (Oryza
sativa) will lay the foundation for developing new breeding and selection strategies for …

[HTML][HTML] Generation of new glutinous rice by CRISPR/Cas9-targeted mutagenesis of the Waxy gene in elite rice varieties

J Zhang, H Zhang, JR Botella… - Journal of integrative plant …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In rice, amylose content (AC) is controlled by a single dominant Waxy gene. We used
CRISPR/Cas9 to introduce a loss-of-function mutation into the Waxy gene in two widely …

Wxlv, the ancestral allele of rice Waxy gene

C Zhang, J Zhu, S Chen, X Fan, Q Li, Y Lu, M Wang… - Molecular plant, 2019 - cell.com
In rice grains, the Waxy (Wx) gene is responsible for the synthesis of amylose, the most
important determinant for eating and cooking quality. The effects of several Wx alleles on …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative regulation of Waxy expression by CRISPR/Cas9‐based promoter and 5'UTR‐intron editing improves grain quality in rice

D Zeng, T Liu, X Ma, B Wang, Z Zheng… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Quantitative regulation of Waxy expression by CRISPR/Cas9‐based promoter and 5'UTR‐intron
editing improves grain quality in rice - PMC Back to Top Skip to main content NIH NLM Logo …

GWAS Atlas: an updated knowledgebase integrating more curated associations in plants and animals

X Liu, D Tian, C Li, B Tang, Z Wang… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract GWAS Atlas (https://ngdc. cncb. ac. cn/gwas/) is a manually curated resource of
genome-wide genotype-to-phenotype associations for a wide range of species. Here, we …

Deletion in a gene associated with grain size increased yields during rice domestication

A Shomura, T Izawa, K Ebana, T Ebitani, H Kanegae… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
The domestication of crops involves a complex process of selection in plant evolution and is
associated with changes in the DNA regulating agronomically important traits. Here we …

Genome-edited foods

A Tuncel, C Pan, T Sprink, R Wilhelm… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Genome editing can transform agriculture and shape the future of food by improving crop
yields and animal productivity, which in turn can help to achieve food security for the …

What has natural variation taught us about plant development, physiology, and adaptation?

C Alonso-Blanco, MGM Aarts, L Bentsink… - The Plant …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Nearly 100 genes and functional polymorphisms underlying natural variation in plant
development and physiology have been identified. In crop plants, these include genes …

A rare Waxy allele coordinately improves rice eating and cooking quality and grain transparency

C Zhang, Y Yang, S Chen, X Liu, J Zhu… - Journal of Integrative …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In rice (Oryza sativa), amylose content (AC) is the major factor that determines eating and
cooking quality (ECQ). The diversity in AC is largely attributed to natural allelic variation at …