Cold tolerance encoded in one SNP

Prabha Manishankar; Jörg Kudla

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2015.02.037

Cold tolerance encoded in one SNP

Cell. 2015 Mar 12;160(6):1045-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.02.037.

Authors

Prabha Manishankar¹, Jörg Kudla²

Affiliations

¹ Institut für Biologie und Biotechnologie der Pflanzen, Universität Münster, Schlossplatz 7, 48149 Münster, Germany.
² Institut für Biologie und Biotechnologie der Pflanzen, Universität Münster, Schlossplatz 7, 48149 Münster, Germany. Electronic address: jkudla@uni-muenster.de.

PMID: 25768901
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.02.037

Abstract

Cold tolerance fundamentally affects world crop harvest. Ma et al. now identify a single-nucleotide polymorphism in a gene called COLD1 that confers cold tolerance in japonica rice. This study reveals important insights into agronomical traits that are essential for human nutrition.

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MeSH terms

Cold Shock Proteins and Peptides / metabolism*
Oryza / physiology*
Plant Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

Cold Shock Proteins and Peptides
Plant Proteins