Allele-specific parental imprinting of dzr1, a posttranscriptional regulator of zein accumulation.

doi:10.1073/pnas.91.11.4867

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Allele-specific parental imprinting of dzr1, a posttranscriptional regulator of zein accumulation.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 24 May 1994

Chaudhuri S, Messing J

Abstract excerpt

Parental imprinting describes the phenomenon of unequivalent gene function based on transmission from the female or male parent. We have discovered parental imprinting of an allele of the dzr1 locus that posttranscriptionally regulates the accumulation of 10-kDa zein in the maize endosperm. The i...

Topics

Alleles
Crosses, Genetic
Gene Expression Regulation
Genes, Plant
Genes, Regulator
Genetic Linkage
RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
RNA, Messenger
Zea mays
Zein

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