Online Resource 3.Candidate genes for seed weight from Arabidopsis thalianaidentified through literature survey
S.No. / Arabidopsis Gene / Gene ID / Reference1 / Agg3/Arabidopsis G Protein Gamma Subunit 3 / At5g20635 / Li et al. 2012
2 / Aintegumenta/Ant/Atant/Ckc/Ckc1/Complementing A Protein Kinase C mutant1/Dragon/Deg / At4g37750 / Mizukami and Fischer,2000
3 / Agamous-Like 61/Agl61/Dia/Diana / At2g24840 / Steffen et al. 2008
4 / Agamous-Like 62/Agl62 / At5g60440 / Kang et al.2008
5 / Agamous-Like 80/Agl80/Fem111 / At5g48670 / Portereiko et al.2006
6 / Ahk2/Histidine Kinase 2/Hk2 / At5g35750 / Riefler et al. 2006
7 / Ahk3/Histidine Kinase 3/Hk3 / At1g27320 / Riefler et al. 2006
8 / Ahk4/Arabidopsis Histidine Kinase 4/Atcre1/Cre1/Cytokinin Response 1/Wol/Wol1/Wooden Leg/Wooden Leg1 / At2g01830* / Riefler et al. 2006
9 / Ahp2/Arabidopsis Hop2 Homolog/Homologous-Pairing Protein 2/Hop2 / At1g13330 / Hutchison et al.2006
10 / Ahp3/Arabidopsis Thaliana Histidine-Containing Phosphotransmitter 2/Athp2/Histidine-Containing Phosphotransmitter 3 / At5g39340 / Hutchison et al.2006
11 / Ahp4/HptPhosphotransmitter 4 / At5g10720 / Hutchison et al.2006
12 / Ahp5/Histidine-Containing Phosphotransfer Factor 5 / At1g03430 / Hutchison et al.2006
13 / Ap2/Apetala 2/Atap2/Fl1/Flo2/Floral Mutant 2/Flower 1 / At4g36920* / Jofuku et al. 2005
14 / Arf1-Binding Protein/Arf1-Bp/Arf2/Atarf2/Auxin Response Factor 2/Hls1 Suppressor/Hss/Ore14/Oresara14 / At5g62000 / Schruff et al. 2006
15 / Arr1/Response Regulator 1/Rr1 / At3g16857 / Heyl et al. 2008
16 / Arr10/Response Regulator 10/Rr10 / At4g31920 / Ishida et al. 2008
17 / Arr12/Response Regulator 12/Atarr12/Rr12 / At2g25180 / Ishida et al. 2008
18 / Atgrf1/Grf1/Growth-Regulating Factor 1 / At2g22840 / Kim et al. 2003
19 / Atgrf2/Grf2/Growth-Regulating Factor 2 / At4g37740 / Kim et al. 2003
20 / Atgrf3/Grf3/Growth-Regulating Factor 3 / At2g36400 / Kim et al. 2003
21 / Bb/Bb2/Big Brother/Enhancer1 Of Da1/Eod1 / At3g63530 / Li et al. 2008
22 / Atbri1/Bin1/Br Insensitive 1/Brassinosteroid Insensitive 1/Cabbage 2/Cbb2/Dwarf 2/Dwf2 / At4g39400 / Jiang et al. 2013
23 / Brassinazole-Resistant 1/Bzr1 / At1g75080 / Jiang et al. 2013
24 / Atcbl2/Calcineurin B-Like Protein 2.Cbl2/Scabp1/Sos3-Like Calcium Binding Protein 1 / At5g55990 / Eckert et al. 2014
25 / Atcbl3/Calcineurin B-Like 3/Cbl3 / At4g26570 / Eckert et al. 2014
26 / Cki1/Cytokinin-Independent 1 / At2g47430 / Deng et al. 2010
27 / Atckx1/Ckx1/Cytokinin Oxidase/Dehydrogenase 1 / At2g41510 / Werner et al. 2003
28 / Atckx2/Ckx2/Cytokinin Oxidase 2 / At2g19500 / Li et al. 2013
29 / Atckx3/Ckx3/Cytokinin Oxidase 3 / At5g56970 / Werner et al. 2003
30 / Clavata3/Esr-Related 8/Cle8 / At1g67775 / Fiume et al. 2012
31 / Atcra1/Cra1/Cru1/Cruciferina / At5g44120 / Fujiki et al. 20132
32 / Crb/Cru2/Cruciferin 2/Cruciferin B / At1g03880 / Fujiki et al. 20132
33 / Crabs Claw/Crc / At1g69180 / Fujiki et al. 20132
34 / Da (Large In Chinese) 1/Da1 / At1g19270 / Xia et al. 2013
35 / Da (Large In Chinese) 2/Da2 / At1g78420 / Xia et al. 2013
36 / Atdet2/Dwarf 6/Dwf6 / At2g38050 / Jiang et al. 2013
37 / Demeter/Dme / At5g04560 / Choi et al. 2002
38 / 7red/Delta5,7-Sterol Delta7 Reductase/Dwarf 5/Dwf5/Le/Lepida/Pa/Parva/St7r/Sterol Delta7 Reductase / At1g50430 / Choe et al. 2000
39 / Ein4/Ethylene Insensitive 4 / At3g04580 / Bennett et al. 2014
40 / Atetr1/Ein1/Ethylene Insensitive 1/Ethylene Response/Ethylene Response 1/Etr/Etr1 / At1g66340 / Bennett et al. 2014
41 / Ethylene Response 2/Etr2 / At3g23150 / Bennett et al. 2014
42 / Ems1/Excess Microsporocytes1/Exs/Extra Sporogenous Cells / At5g07280 / Canales et al. 2002
43 / Fata Acyl-AcpThioesterase A 2 / At4g13050 / Wang et al. 2013
44 / Fer/Feronia / At3g51550 / Yu et al. 2014
45 / Fertilization Independent Seed 2/Fertilization-Independent Endosperm 2/Fie2/Fis2 / At2g35670 / Luo et al. 2000
46 / Fertilization-Independent Endosperm/Fertilization-Independent Endosperm 1/Fie/Fie1/Fis3 / At3g20740 / Luo et al. 2000
47 / Agamous-Like 8/Agl8/Fruitfull/Ful / At5g60910 / Yanofsky et al. 2003
48 / Gasa4/Gast1 Protein Homolog 4 / At5g15230* / Roxrud et al. 2007
49 / Agamous-Like 63/Agl63/Goa/Gordita / At1g31140 / Prasad et al. 2010
50 / Haiku1/Iku1 / At2g35230 / Garcia et al. 20035
51 / Atsahh1/Emb1395/Embryo Defective 1395/Hog1/Homology-Dependent Gene Silencing 1/Maternal Effect Embryo Arrest 58/Mee58/S-Adenosyl-L-Homocystein Hydrolase 1/Sah1/Sahh1 / At4g13940* / Godge et al. 2008
52 / Hercules1/Hercules Receptor Kinase 1/Herk1 / At1g45233 / Jiang, 2004
53 / Haiku2/Iku2 / At3g19700 / Garcia et al. 20035, Luo et al. 2005
54 / Cytochrome P450, Family 78, Subfamily A, Polypeptide 5/Cyp78a5/Klu/Kluh / At1g13710 / Adamski et al. 2009
55 / Ddm2/Decreased Dna Methylation 2/Dmt01/Dmt1/DnaMethyltransferase 01/DnaMethyltransferase 1/Met1/Met2/Methyltransferase 1/Methyltransferase 2/Meti / At5g49160 / Xiao et al. 2006
56 / Atwrky1/Mini3/Miniseed3/WrkyDna-Binding Protein 10/Wrky10 / At1g55600 / Luo et al. 2005
57 / Arabidopsis MulticopySupressor Of Ira1/Atmsi1/Maternal Effect Embryo Arrest 70/Mee70/MulticopySupressor Of Ira1/Msi1 / At5g58230 / Köhler et al. 2003
58 / Atmyb33/Myb Domain Protein 33/Myb33 / At5g06100 / Allen et al. 2007
59 / Atmyb56/Brassinosteroids At Vascular And Organizing Center/Bravo/Myb Domain Protein 56/Myb56 / At5g17800 / Zhang et al. 2013
60 / Atmyb65/Myb Domain Protein 65/Myb65 / At3g11440 / Allen et al. 2007
61 / Agamous-Like 37/Agl37/Phe1/Pheres1 / At1g65330 / Köhler et al. 2003
62 / Retarded Growth Of Embryo 1/Rge1/Zhoupi/Zou / At1g49770 / Kondou et al. 2008
63 / Regulatory Particle Aaa-Atpase 2a/Rpt2a / At4g29040 / Kurepa et al. 2009
64 / Samba / At1g32310 / Eloy et al. 2012
65 / Sgt/Sterol Glucosyltransferase/Udp-Glucosyl Transferase 80a2/Ugt80a2 / At3g07020 / DeBolt et al. 2009
66 / Shb1/Short Hypocotyl Under Blue1 / At4g25350 / Zhou et al. 2009
67 / Chi2/Chibi 2/Cyp72c1/Cytochrome P450 72c1/Shk1/Shrink 1/Sob1/Suppressor Of Phyb-4 7 / At1g17060 / Takahashi et al. 2005
68 / Abx45/Acyl-Coa:Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase 1/Arabidopsis Thaliana Acyl-CoA:Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase/As11/Atdgat/Atdgat1/Dgat1/Rds1/Tag1/Triacylglycerol Biosynthesis Defect 1 / At2g19450* / Jako et al. 2001
69 / Attmt1/Tmt1/Tonoplast Monosaccharide Transporter1 / At1g20840 / Wingenter et al. 2010
70 / Target Of Rapamycin/Tor / At1g50030* / Menand et al. 2002
71 / Transparent Testa 15/Tt15/Ugt80b1 / At1g43620 / DeBolt et al. 2009
72 / Abs/Agamous-Like 32/Agl32/Arabidopsis Bsister/Transparent Testa16/Tt16 / At5g23260* / Nesi et al. 2002
73 / Atchs/Chalcone Synthase/Chs/Transparent Testa 4/Tt4 / At5g13930 / Doughty et al. 2014
74 / Atwrky44/Dr. Strangelove 1/Dsl1/Transparent TestaGlabra 2/Ttg2/Wrky44 / At2g37260 / Garcia et al. 20035
75 / Ubiquitin-Specific Protease 15/Ubp15 / At1g17110 / Du et al. 2014, Li and Li 2015
76 / Stimpy-Like/Stpl/Wox8/Wox9b/Wuschel Related Homeobox 8/Wuschel Related Homeobox 9b / At5g45980 / Fiume et al. 2012
77 / Cyp78a6/Cytochrome P450, Family 78, Subfamily A/Polypeptide 6
Enhancer Of Da1-1/Eod3 / At2g46660 / Fang et al. 2012
* Genes which are mapped in EPJ and/or VH maps
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