Differential gene expression and epiregulation of alpha zein gene copies in maize haplotypes

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Miclaus, Mihai ^a   Xu, Jian Hong ^a   Messing, Joachim ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ZEIN; BISULFITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEIN;

ALPHA ZEIN GENE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOSPERM; EPIGENETICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ALLELE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE DOSAGE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; RETROPOSON;

ZEA MAYS;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOSPERM; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC LOCI; HAPLOTYPES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RETROELEMENTS; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; ZEA MAYS; ZEIN;

EID: 79959838778     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002131     Document Type: Article

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