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Epigenetic Mutation in a Tubulin-Folding Cofactor B (ZmTFCB) Gene Arrests Kernel Development in Maize.
Plant & cell physiology - 17 Aug 2022
Guo Yingmei, Chen Yan, Zhang Jie, Li Jiankun, Fan Kaijian, Chen Rongrong, Liu Yunjun, Zheng Jun, Fu Junjie, Gu Riliang, Wang Guoying, Cui Yu, Du Xuemei, Wang Jianhua
Abstract excerpt
Epialleles, the heritable epigenetic variants that are not caused by changes in DNA sequences, can broaden genetic and phenotypic diversity and benefit to crop breeding, but very few epialleles related to agricultural traits have been identified in maize. Here, we cloned a small kernel mutant, smk-wl10, from maize, which encoded a tubulin-folding cofactor B (ZmTFCB) protein. Expression of the ZmTFCB gene...
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