Improving rice grain shape through upstream ORF editing-mediated translation regulation

Qingqing Yang; Wenjie Zhu; Xu Tang; Yuechao Wu; Guanqing Liu; Dongsheng Zhao; Qiaoquan Liu; Yong Zhang; Tao Zhang

doi:10.1093/plphys/kiae557

Improving rice grain shape through upstream ORF editing-mediated translation regulation

Plant Physiol. 2024 Dec 23;197(1):kiae557. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiae557.

Authors

Qingqing Yang^{1

2

3}, Wenjie Zhu¹, Xu Tang^{3

4

5}, Yuechao Wu¹, Guanqing Liu¹, Dongsheng Zhao¹, Qiaoquan Liu^{1

2}, Yong Zhang^{3

4}, Tao Zhang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Zhongshan Biological Breeding Laboratory/Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Agricultural College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China.
² Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China.
³ Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China.
⁴ Integrative Science Center of Germplasm Creation in Western China (Chongqing) Science City, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Tree Germplasm Innovation and Utilization, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
⁵ State Key Lab of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 311400, Zhejiang, China.

Abstract

Upregulating gene expression by disturbing or destroying the upstream ORF of target genes is an efficient strategy for improving rice grain traits.

Abstract

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