Seed germination is crucial for the life cycle of plants and maximum crop production. This
critical developmental step is regulated by diverse endogenous [hormones, reactive oxygen …

Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins form a large protein family in land plants, with
hundreds of different members in angiosperms. In the last decade, a number of studies have …

RNA editing is converting hundreds of cytosines into uridines during organelle gene
expression of land plants. The pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins are at the core of this …

Maize (Zea mays) is a major staple crop. Maize kernel size and weight are important
contributors to its yield. Here, we measured kernel length, kernel width, kernel thickness …

ABSTRACT RNA helicases participate in nearly all aspects of RNA metabolism by
rearranging RNAs or RNA–protein complexes in an adenosine triphosphate‐dependent …

Abstract Background Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the most important crops worldwide.
Although sophisticated maize gene regulatory networks (GRNs) have been constructed for …

In higher plants, the splicing of organelle-encoded mRNA involves a complex collaboration
with nuclear-encoded proteins. Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins have been …

In higher plants, many mitochondrial genes contain group II‐type introns that are removed
from RNA s by splicing to produce mature transcripts that are then translated into functional …

Endosperm, the major storage organ in cereal grains, determines grain yield and quality.
Despite the fact that a role for P‐type pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins in the …

Kernel size‐related traits are the most direct traits correlating with grain yield. The genetic
basis of three kernel traits of maize, kernel length (KL), kernel width (KW) and kernel …