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Comparisons of maize pericarp color1 alleles reveal paralogous gene recombination and an organ-specific enhancer region.
The Plant cell - 1 Mar 2005
Zhang Feng, Peterson Thomas
Abstract excerpt
The maize (Zea mays) p1 (for pericarp color1) gene encodes an R2R3 Myb-like transcription factor that regulates the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway in floral organs, most notably kernel pericarp and cob. Alleles of the p1 gene condition distinct tissue-specific pigmentation patterns; to elucidate the molecular basis of these allele-specific expression patterns, we characterized two novel P1-rw (for red...
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