Fig. 3.

The gene structure of Rc gene (LOC_Os07g11020) and the changes in nucleotide sequence associated with the grain color of rice. The upper panel shows the schematic representation of Rc gene whereby the exons and introns are shown by black and white boxes, respectively. The open triangle indicates the location of 14-base deletion (ACGCGAAAAGTCGG) at exon 7 in rice varieties with white grains which causes a frame shift in protein translation leading the truncation of bHLH transcription factor