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ArticlePlant cell reports2025

Plasma membrane maize Gγ protein MGG4 positively regulates seed size mainly through influencing kernel width.

Huiyu Zhao, Yudong Chen, Wei Li, Yuhang Ding, Yijun Wang

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Article in Plant cell reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Huiyu ZhaoJiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, College of Agriculture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
Yudong ChenJiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, College of Agriculture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
Wei LiJiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, College of Agriculture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
Yuhang DingJiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, College of Agriculture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
Yijun WangJiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, College of Agriculture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China. wyj@yzu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1522-6761

Funding

High-end Talent Project of Yangzhou University 18HTYZU12Jiangsu Provincial Agricultural Science and Technology Independent Innovation Fund CX(24)3092National Natural Science Foundation of China 31571671Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions PAPD
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

key messagePlasma membrane Gγ protein MGG4, the candidate for maize yield QTL, positively regulates seed size mainly through affecting kernel width.

Indexed as

Cell MembranePlant ProteinsSeedsZea maysGene Expression Regulation, PlantQuantitative Trait LociPlant Proteins

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PMID40928658

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