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Empty pericarp2 encodes a negative regulator of the heat shock response and is required for maize embryogenesis.
The Plant cell - 1 Dec 2002
Fu Suneng, Meeley Robert, Scanlon Michael J
Abstract excerpt
The heat shock response (HSR) is an evolutionarily conserved molecular/biochemical reaction to thermal stress that is essential to the survival of eukaryotic organisms. Recessive Mutator transposon mutations at the maize empty pericarp2 (emp2) locus led to dramatically increased expression of heat shock genes, retarded embryo development, and early-stage abortion of embryogenesis. The developmental timing of emp2...
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