A NAC Gene Regulating Senescence Improves Grain Protein, Zinc, and Iron Content in Wheat

Uauy, Cristóbal; Distelfeld, Assaf; Fahima, Tzion; E. Blechl, Ann; Dubcovsky, Jorge

doi:10.1126/science.1133649

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A NAC Gene Regulating Senescence Improves Grain Protein, Zinc, and Iron Content in Wheat

Published in Science • Nov 23, 2006

Authors:

Cristóbal Uauy

Assaf Distelfeld

Tzion Fahima

Abstract

Enhancing the nutritional value of food crops is a means of improving human nutrition and health. We report here the positional cloning of Gpc-B1, a wheat quantitative trait locus associated with increased grain protein, zinc, and iron content. The ancestral wild wheat allele encodes a NAC transcrip...

Subject

Locus (genetics)

Senescence

Biology

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