Allelic interactions heritably alter the activity of a metastable maize pl allele.

doi:10.1093/genetics/141.2.709

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Allelic interactions heritably alter the activity of a metastable maize pl allele.

Genetics - 1 Oct 1995

Hollick J B, Patterson G I, Coe E H, Cone K C, Chandler V L

Abstract excerpt

The maize pl locus encodes a transcriptional activator of anthocyanin biosynthetic genes. The Pl-Rhoades (Pl-Rh) allele confers robust purple anthocyanin pigment in several tissues. Spontaneous derivatives of Pl-Rh, termed Pl'-mahogany (Pl'-mah), arise that confer reduced pigment and are meiotica...

Topics

Alleles
Anthocyanins
Confidence Intervals
Crosses, Genetic
DNA, Plant
Genes, Plant
Mutation
Phenotype
Trans-Activators
Zea mays

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