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Sequences required for paramutation of the maize b gene map to a region containing the promoter and upstream sequences.
Genetics - 1 Aug 1995
Patterson G I, Kubo K M, Shroyer T, Chandler V L
Abstract excerpt
The b gene encodes a transcriptional regulator of the maize anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway. Certain b alleles participate in paramutation, an allele-specific interaction that heritably alters transcription. The moderately transcribed B' allele heritably reduces the transcription of the highly transcribed B-I allele in a B'/B-I heterozygote, such that the B-I allele becomes B'. To identify the cis-acting...
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