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Opaque-2 is a transcriptional activator that recognizes a specific target site in 22-kD zein genes.
The Plant cell - 1 Jun 1992
Schmidt R J, Ketudat M, Aukerman M J, Hoschek G
Abstract excerpt
opaque-2 (o2) is a regulatory locus in maize that plays an essential role in controlling the expression of genes encoding the 22-kD zein proteins. Through DNase I footprinting and DNA binding analyses, we have identified the binding site for the O2 protein (O2) in the promoter of 22-kD zein genes. The sequence in the 22-kD zein gene promoter that is recognized by O2 is similar to the target site recognized by...
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