Characterization and gene cloning of the rice (Oryza sativa L.) dwarf and narrow-leaf mutant dnl3
“Characterization and gene cloning of the rice (Oryza sativa L.) dwarf and narrow-leaf mutant dnl3”, vol. 15, p. -, 2016.
, The dwarf and narrow-leaf rice (Oryza sativa L.) mutant dnl3 was isolated from the Japonica cultivar Zhonghua 11 (wild-type). dnl3 exhibited pleiotropic developmental defects. The narrow-leaf phenotype resulted from a marked reduction in the number of vascular bundles, while the dwarf stature was caused by the formation of foreshortened internodes and a reduced number of parenchyma cells. The suggestion that cell division is impaired in the mutant was consistent with the transcriptional behavior of various genes associated with cell division.