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The maize Mucronate mutation is a deletion in the 16-kDa gamma-zein gene that induces the unfolded protein response.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Nov 2006
Kim Cheol Soo, Gibbon Bryan C, Gillikin Jeffrey W, Larkins Brian A, Boston Rebecca S, Jung Rudolf
Abstract excerpt
Mucronate (Mc) was identified as a dominant maize (Zea mays L.) opaque kernel mutation that alters zein storage protein synthesis. Zein protein bodies in Mc endosperm are misshapen and are associated with increased levels of ER Lumenal Binding Protein (BiP). Using GeneCalling to profile endosperm RNA transcripts, we identified an aberrant RNA in Mc that encodes the 16-kDa gamma-zein protein. The transcript...
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