waxy Locus and Its Mutant Types in Maize Zea mays L.

B HUANG, M TIAN, J ZHANG, Y HUANG - Agricultural Sciences in China, 2010 - Elsevier
The waxy (wx) locus of Zea mays L. encodes a granule-bound starch synthase (GBSS I=
waxy protein) required for the synthesis of amylose in endosperm and pollen grain. This …