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SUBMITTER: Dong Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6539431 | biostudies-other | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Dong Qing Q Zhang Ying-Xin YX Zhou Quan Q Liu Qun-En QE Chen Dai-Bo DB Wang Hong H Cheng Shi-Hua SH Cao Li-Yong LY Shen Xi-Hong XH
International journal of molecular sciences 20190429 9
Pyrimidine nucleotides are important metabolites that are building blocks of nucleic acids, which participate in various aspects of plant development. Only a few genes involved in pyrimidine metabolism have been identified in rice and the majority of their functions remain unclear. In this study, we used a map-based cloning strategy to isolate a <i>UMPK</i> gene in rice, encoding the UMP kinase that phosphorylates UMP to form UDP, from a recessive mutant with pale-green leaves. In the mutant, UD ...[more]