Uniparental and transgressive expression of α-zeins in maize endosperm of o2 hybrid lines.

The α-zein gene family encodes the most abundant storage proteins of maize (Zea mays) endosperm. Members of this family are expressed in a parent-of-origin manner. To characterize this phenomenon further, we investigated the expression of a subset of α-zein polypeptides in reciprocal crosses between...

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Main Authors: Silvana Castelli, Iride Mascheretti, Cristian Cosentino, Barbara Lazzari, Raul Pirona, Aldo Ceriotti, Angelo Viotti, Massimiliano Lauria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6237297?pdf=render