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The y1 gene of maize codes for phytoene synthase.
Genetics - 1 May 1996
Buckner B, Miguel P S, Janick-Buckner D, Bennetzen J L
Abstract excerpt
The cloned y1 locus of maize was sequenced and found to encode phytoene synthase. Different "wild-type" alleles of the locus were found to differ by the insertion of transposable elements in their promoter and polyA addition regions, and by the length of a CCA tandem repeat series, without any ob...
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