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ArticleThe Plant cell2019

Leaf Variegation and Impaired Chloroplast Development Caused by a Truncated CCT Domain Gene in

Mingjiu Li, Goetz Hensel, Martin Mascher, Michael Melzer, Nagaveni Budhagatapalli, Twan Rutten, Axel Himmelbach, Sebastian Beier, Viktor Korzun, Jochen Kumlehn and 2 more

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Article in The Plant cell, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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38citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Mingjiu LiGenomics of Genetic Resources Group, Department of Genebank, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Seeland, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3299-5287
Goetz HenselPlant Reproductive Biology Group, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Seeland, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5539-3097
Martin MascherDomestication Genomics Group, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Seeland, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6373-6013
Michael MelzerStructural Cell Biology Group, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Seeland, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5213-4030
Nagaveni BudhagatapalliPlant Reproductive Biology Group, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Seeland, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5537-8276
Twan RuttenStructural Cell Biology Group, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Seeland, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5891-6503
Axel HimmelbachGenomics of Genetic Resources Group, Department of Genebank, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Seeland, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7338-0946
Sebastian BeierBioinformatics and Information Technology Group, Department of Breeding Research, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Seeland, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2177-8781
Viktor KorzunKWS LOCHOW, 29303 Bergen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0760-8249
Jochen KumlehnPlant Reproductive Biology Group, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Seeland, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7080-7983
Thomas BörnerMolecular Genetics Group, Institute of Biology, Humboldt University, 10115 Berlin, Germany thomas.boerner@rz.hu-berlin.de stein@ipk-gatersleben.de.ORCID 0000-0001-9548-3348
Nils SteinGenomics of Genetic Resources Group, Department of Genebank, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Seeland, Germany thomas.boerner@rz.hu-berlin.de stein@ipk-gatersleben.de.ORCID 0000-0003-3011-8731
Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK) · DECal Poly Humboldt · USJain Irrigation Systems (Israel) · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chloroplasts fuel plant development and growth by converting solar energy into chemical energy. They mature from proplastids through the concerted action of genes in both the organellar and the nuclear genome. Defects in such genes impair chloroplast development and may lead to pigment-deficient seedlings or seedlings with variegated leaves. Such mutants are instrumental as tools for dissecting genetic factors underlying the mechanisms involved in chloroplast biogenesis. Characterization of the green-white variegated

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Genes, PlantAllelesAmino Acid SequenceBase SequenceChloroplastsChromosome MappingCRISPR-Associated Protein 9Green Fluorescent ProteinsHordeumMutagenesis, Site-DirectedMutationPlant LeavesPlant ProteinsRNA, PlantCRISPR-Associated Protein 9Green Fluorescent ProteinsPlant ProteinsRNA, Plant

Identifiers

PMID31023840
PMCPMC6635869
OpenAlexW2951151480

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