Major recent and independent changes in levels and patterns of expression have occurred at the b gene, a regulatory locus in maize.

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Major recent and independent changes in levels and patterns of expression have occurred at the b gene, a regulatory locus in maize.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 21 Dec 1999

Selinger D A, Chandler V L

Abstract excerpt

The b locus encodes a transcription factor that regulates the expression of genes that produce purple anthocyanin pigment. Different b alleles are expressed in distinct tissues, causing tissue-specific anthocyanin production. Understanding how phenotypic diversity is produced and maintained at the b locus should provide models for how other regulatory genes, including those that influence morphological traits and...

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Alleles
Anthocyanins
Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
Cloning, Molecular
Color
Evolution, Molecular
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
Genes, Plant
Genes, Regulator
Molecular Sequence Data

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Phenotype

Phylogeny

Plant Proteins

Polymerase Chain Reaction

Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid

Sequence Alignment

Sequence Analysis, DNA

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PMID: 10611328
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.26.15007
PMCID: PMC24763

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