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SUBMITTER: Fujimoto M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6140496 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fujimoto Masaru M Sazuka Takashi T Oda Yoshihisa Y Kawahigashi Hiroyuki H Wu Jianzhong J Takanashi Hideki H Ohnishi Takayuki T Yoneda Jun-Ichi JI Ishimori Motoyuki M Kajiya-Kanegae Hiromi H Hibara Ken-Ichiro KI Ishizuna Fumiko F Ebine Kazuo K Ueda Takashi T Tokunaga Tsuyoshi T Iwata Hiroyoshi H Matsumoto Takashi T Kasuga Shigemitsu S Yonemaru Jun-Ichi JI Tsutsumi Nobuhiro N
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20180827 37
Pith parenchyma cells store water in various plant organs. These cells are especially important for producing sugar and ethanol from the sugar juice of grass stems. In many plants, the death of pith parenchyma cells reduces their stem water content. Previous studies proposed that a hypothetical <i>D</i> gene might be responsible for the death of stem pith parenchyma cells in <i>Sorghum bicolor</i>, a promising energy grass, although its identity and molecular function are unknown. Here, we ident ...[more]