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Discovering and characterizing a protein involved in endosperm starch formation in rice
Plant Science Research WeeklyRice is a globally important crop, with most of its calorific component coming from starch. Despite its importance, we do not fully understand the mechanism of starch formation in the rice endosperm. To discover novel factors involved in this process, Yan et al. performed a forward genetics screen and…