Enhanced Gene Expression Rather than Natural Polymorphism in Coding Sequence of the OsbZIP23 Determines Drought Tolerance and Yield Improvement in Rice Genotypes

• Avishek Dey,

  Affiliation Adv. Lab. for Plant Genetic Engineering, Advanced Technology Development Center, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India

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• Milan Kumar Samanta,

  Affiliation Adv. Lab. for Plant Genetic Engineering, Advanced Technology Development Center, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India

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• Srimonta Gayen,

  Current address: Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States of America

  Affiliation Adv. Lab. for Plant Genetic Engineering, Advanced Technology Development Center, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India

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• Soumitra K. Sen ,

  * E-mail: soumitra@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in (SKS); maitimk@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in; mrinalkmaiti@gmail.com (MKM)

  Affiliation Adv. Lab. for Plant Genetic Engineering, Advanced Technology Development Center, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India

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• Mrinal K. Maiti

  * E-mail: soumitra@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in (SKS); maitimk@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in; mrinalkmaiti@gmail.com (MKM)

  Affiliations Adv. Lab. for Plant Genetic Engineering, Advanced Technology Development Center, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India

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