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Identification of a von Willebrand factor type A protein affecting both grain and flag leaf morphologies in wheat - EurekAlert


An article just published in Science China Life Sciences reports a von Willebrand factor type A (vWA)-/Vwaint- domain protein that affects grain size and weight as well as flag leaf morphology by map-based cloning in the round grain 1 (rg1) mutant.

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