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Expressional profiling study revealed unique expressional patterns and dramatic expressional divergence of maize alpha-zein super gene family.
Plant molecular biology - 1 Apr 2009
Feng Lingna, Zhu Jia, Wang Gang, Tang Yuanping, Chen Hanjun, Jin Weibo, Wang Fei, Mei Bing, Xu Zhengkai, Song Rentao
Abstract excerpt
The alpha-zein super gene family encodes the most predominant storage protein in maize (Zea mays) endosperm. In maize inbred line B73, it consists of four gene families with 41 member genes. In this study, we combined quantitative real-time PCR and random clone sequencing to successfully profile the expression of alpha-zein super gene family during endosperm development. We found that only 18 of the 41 member...
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