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The Maize Viviparous8 locus, encoding a putative ALTERED MERISTEM PROGRAM1-like peptidase, regulates abscisic acid accumulation and coordinates embryo and endosperm development.
Plant physiology - 1 Mar 2008
Suzuki Masaharu, Latshaw Susan, Sato Yutaka, Settles A Mark, Koch Karen E, Hannah L Curtis, Kojima Mikiko, Sakakibara Hitoshi, McCarty Donald R
Abstract excerpt
We describe a mutant of Zea mays isolated from a W22 inbred transposon population, widow's peak mutant1 (wpk1), with an altered pattern of anthocyanin synthesis and aleurone cell differentiation in endosperm. In addition, a failure of the developing mutant embryo to form leaf initials is associated with decreased expression of a subset of meristem regulatory genes that includes Abphyl1 and Td1. We show that the...
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