Rapid divergence of prolamin gene promoters of maize after gene amplification and dispersal

Genetics

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 507-519

  Wu, Yongrui ^a   Messing, Joachim ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ZEIN; BETA ZEIN; GAMMA ZEIN; PROLAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEIN;

ARTICLE; EPIGENETICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GRASS; MAIZE; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE;

BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; METHYLATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROLAMINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEEDS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; ZEA MAYS;

POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84867149683     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.112.142372     Document Type: Article

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