Article
The Viviparous-1 gene and abscisic acid activate the C1 regulatory gene for anthocyanin biosynthesis during seed maturation in maize.
Genes & development - 1 Apr 1992
Hattori T, Vasil V, Rosenkrans L, Hannah L C, McCarty D R, Vasil I K
Abstract excerpt
The Viviparous-1 (Vp1) gene is required for expression of the C1 regulatory gene of the anthocyanin pathway in the developing maize seed. We show that VP1 overexpression and the hormone, abscisic acid (ABA), activate a reporter gene driven by the C1 promoter in maize protoplasts. Cis-acting seque...
Topics
- Abscisic Acid
- Anthocyanins
- Base Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- Gene Expression
- Genes, Regulator
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Plasmids
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Protoplasts
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Zea mays