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A maize QTL for silk maysin levels contains duplicated Myb-homologous genes which jointly regulate flavone biosynthesis.
Plant molecular biology - 1 May 2003
Zhang Peifen, Wang Yibin, Zhang Jianbo, Maddock Sheila, Snook Maurice, Peterson Thomas
Abstract excerpt
The maize p1 locus coincides with a major QTL (quantitative trait locus) determining levels of maysin, a C-glycosyl flavone that deters feeding by corn ear-worm. The p1 gene is tightly linked with a second gene, p2, and both genes encode similar Myb-domain proteins. We show here that maize cell cultures transformed with either the p1 or p2 genes expressed under a constitutive promoter accumulate transcripts for...
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