Prolamin and resistance gene families are important in wheat food use and in defense against pathogen attacks, respectively. To better understand the evolution of these multi‐gene families, the
From a single transgenic line harboring five
- Award ID(s):
- 1733470
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10460532
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- The Plant Journal
- Volume:
- 98
- Issue:
- 6
- ISSN:
- 0960-7412
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 1106-1119
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- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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