Jung Ki-Hong, An Gynheung, Ronald Pamela C
Department of Plant Pathology, 1 Shields Avenue, UC Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA.
Nat Rev Genet. 2008 Feb;9(2):91-101. doi: 10.1038/nrg2286.
Rice, one of the most important food crops for humans, is the first crop plant to have its genome sequenced. Rice whole-genome microarrays, genome tiling arrays and genome-wide gene-indexed mutant collections have recently been generated. With the availability of these resources, discovering the function of the estimated 41,000 rice genes is now within reach. Such discoveries have broad practical implications for understanding the biological processes of rice and other economically important grasses such as cereals and bioenergy crops.
水稻是人类最重要的粮食作物之一，是首个完成基因组测序的作物。最近已构建了水稻全基因组微阵列、基因组平铺阵列和全基因组基因索引突变体文库。有了这些资源，现在就有可能发现估计4.1万个水稻基因的功能。这些发现对于理解水稻以及其他具有重要经济价值的禾本科植物（如谷类作物和生物能源作物）的生物学过程具有广泛的实际意义。
