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A genome-wide survey of imprinted genes in rice seeds reveals imprinting primarily occurs in the endosperm.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jun 2011
Luo Ming, Taylor Jennifer M, Spriggs Andrew, Zhang Hongyu, Wu Xianjun, Russell Scott, Singh Mohan, Koltunow Anna
Abstract excerpt
Genomic imprinting causes the expression of an allele depending on its parental origin. In plants, most imprinted genes have been identified in Arabidopsis endosperm, a transient structure consumed by the embryo during seed formation. We identified imprinted genes in rice seed where both the endosperm and embryo are present at seed maturity. RNA was extracted from embryos and endosperm of seeds obtained from...
Topics
- Alternative Splicing
- Arabidopsis
- Chromosome Mapping
- Crops, Agricultural
- Crosses, Genetic
- Endosperm
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Gene Library
- Genetic Loci