StresSeed: The unfolded protein response during seed development

A Vitale, E Pedrazzini - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
During seed development, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) takes care of the synthesis and
structural maturation of very high amounts of storage proteins in a relatively short time. The …

Maize requires Embryo defective27 for embryogenesis and seedling development

XY Liu, RC Jiang, B Ma, Y Wang, YZ Yang… - Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The essential role of plastid translation in embryogenesis has been established in many
plants, but a retrograde signal triggered by defective plastid translation machinery that may …

Editing the 19 kDa alpha‐zein gene family generates non‐opaque2‐based quality protein maize

JP Hurst, S Sato, T Ferris, A Yobi… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Maize grain is deficient in lysine. While the opaque2 mutation increases grain lysine, o2 is a
transcription factor that regulates a wide network of genes beyond zeins, which leads to …

Production and selection of quality protein popcorn hybrids using a novel ranking system and combining ability estimates

L Parsons, Y Ren, A Yobi, P Hurst… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Popcorn varieties are agronomically sub-optimal and genetically limited compared to other
maize subspecies. To increase genetic diversity and improve popcorn agronomics, dent …

Genome-wide analysis of deletions in maize population reveals abundant genetic diversity and functional impact

X Zhang, Y Zhu, KAG Kremling, MC Romay… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2022 - Springer
Key message Two read depth methods were jointly used in next-generation sequencing
data to identify deletions in maize population. GWAS by deletions were analyzed for gene …

[HTML][HTML] Revealing the process of storage protein rebalancing in high quality protein maize by proteomic and transcriptomic

HL Zhao, QIN Yao, ZY Xiao, SUN Qin, DM Gong… - Journal of Integrative …, 2023 - Elsevier
Quality protein maize (QPM)(Zea mays L.) varieties contain enhanced levels of tryptophan
and lysine, exhibiting improved nutritive value for humans and livestock. However, breeding …

植物染色体重排在作物遗传改良中的应用研究进展.

薛皦, 朱庆锋, 陈沛, 冯彦钊… - Guangdong Agricultural …, 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
植物染色体重排在作物遗传改良中的应用研究进展 Page 1 收稿日期:2023-11-10 基金项目:广东省
自然科学基金(2021A1515110411);广东省农业科学院新兴团队项目(202131TD);广州市重 点研发 …

Tandem duplicate expression patterns are conserved between maize haplotypes of the α‐zein gene family

P Hurst, JC Schnable, DR Holding - Plant Direct, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tandem duplication gives rise to copy number variation and subsequent functional novelty
among genes as well as diversity between individuals in a species. Functional novelty can …