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An Endosperm-Specific Early Nodulin-Like Gene Regulates Amylose Content in Rice

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  • Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education / Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding, Zhongshan Biological Breeding Laboratory, College of Agriculture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
#These authors contributed equally to this work
Zhao Dongsheng (dszhao@yzu.edu.cn);
Liu Qiaoquan (qqliu@yzu.edu.cn)

Received date: 2025-08-19

  Accepted date: 2025-12-12

  Online published: 2025-12-16

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Zhao Dongsheng, Wu Dengfei, Chen Siyu, Fan Xiaolei, Li Qianfeng, Zhang Changquan, Liu Qiaoquan . An Endosperm-Specific Early Nodulin-Like Gene Regulates Amylose Content in Rice[J]. Rice Science, 2026 , 33(2) : 155 -158 . DOI: 10.1016/j.rsci.2025.12.001

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