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Zhang, H., Si, X., Ji, X., Fan, R., Liu, J., Chen, K., Wang, D., and Gao, C. (2018). Genome editing of upstream open reading frames enables translational control in plants. Nature biotechnology 36, 894-898.
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Zhang, D., Xu, Z., Cao, S., Chen, K., Li, S., Liu, X., Gao, C., Zhang, B., and Zhou, Y. (2018). An Uncanonical CCCH-Tandem Zinc-Finger Protein Represses Secondary Wall Synthesis and Controls Mechanical Strength in Rice. Molecular plant 11, 163-174.
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Wang, Y., Yu, H., Tian, C., Sajjad, M., Gao, C., Tong, Y., Wang, X., and Jiao, Y. (2017). Transcriptome Association Identifies Regulators of Wheat Spike Architecture. Plant physiology 175, 746-757.
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Xiao, J., Xu, S., Li, C., Xu, Y., Xing, L., Niu, Y., Huan, Q., Tang, Y., Zhao, C., Wagner, D., et al. (2014). O-GlcNAc-mediated interaction between VER2 and TaGRP2 elicits TaVRN1 mRNA accumulation during vernalization in winter wheat. Nature communications 5, 4572.
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