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Defining the Role of prolamin-box binding factor1 Gene During Maize Domestication.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Lang Zhihong, Wills David M, Lemmon Zachary H, Shannon Laura M, Bukowski Robert, Wu Yongrui, Messing Joachim, Doebley John F
Abstract excerpt
The prolamin-box binding factor1 (pbf1) gene encodes a transcription factor that controls the expression of seed storage protein (zein) genes in maize. Prior studies show that pbf1 underwent selection during maize domestication although how it affected trait change during domestication is unknown. To assay how pbf1 affects phenotypic differences between maize and teosinte, we compared nearly isogenic lines (NILs)...
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