A deletion in an indole synthase gene is responsible for the DIMBOA-deficient phenotype of bxbx maize.

doi:10.1073/pnas.94.24.13345

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A deletion in an indole synthase gene is responsible for the DIMBOA-deficient phenotype of bxbx maize.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 25 Nov 1997

Melanson D, Chilton M D, Masters-Moore D, Chilton W S

Abstract excerpt

The biosynthesis of DIMBOA, a pesticidal secondary metabolite of maize, branches off the tryptophan pathway. We have previously demonstrated that indole is the last intermediate common to both the tryptophan and hydroxamic acid pathways. The earliest discovered mutant in the DIMBOA pathway, bxbx...

Topics

Benzoxazines
Chromosome Mapping
Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
Kinetics
Mutation
Oxazines
Phenotype
Tryptophan
Tryptophan Synthase
Zea mays

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