2009
tasselseed1 Is a Lipoxygenase Affecting Jasmonic Acid Signaling in Sex Determination of Maize
Acosta I, Laparra H, Romero SP, Schmelz E, Hamberg M, Mottinger JP, Moreno MA, Dellaporta SL. tasselseed1 Is a Lipoxygenase Affecting Jasmonic Acid Signaling in Sex Determination of Maize. Science 2009, 323: 262-265. PMID: 19131630, DOI: 10.1126/science.1164645.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsJasmonic acidSex determinationPlant hormone jasmonic acidBisexual floral meristemHormone jasmonic acidMale flower developmentCell death processJasmonic acid concentrationsUnisexual floretsStamen developmentStaminate floretsFloral meristemFlower developmentMutant ts1Pistil primordiaInflorescencesDeath processMaizeDevelopmental cascadeFloretsLipoxygenase activityMeristemBiosynthesisAcidPrimordia
1999
Cell death and cell protection genes determine the fate of pistils in maize
Calderon-Urrea A, Dellaporta S. Cell death and cell protection genes determine the fate of pistils in maize. Development 1999, 126: 435-441. PMID: 9876173, DOI: 10.1242/dev.126.3.435.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPistil primordiaPistil cellsCell deathEar spikeletsSecondary floretsBisexual floral meristemCell death processFloral meristemFloral organsUnisexual flowersFunctional pistilsProtection genesDeath processPrimordiaSpikeletsFloretsPistilsGenesSexual maturationSelective eliminationMaizeNuclear degenerationEntire organCellsFate
1997
Evidence for a common sex determination mechanism for pistil abortion in maize and in its wild relative Tripsacum
Li D, Blakey C, Dewald C, Dellaporta S. Evidence for a common sex determination mechanism for pistil abortion in maize and in its wild relative Tripsacum. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1997, 94: 4217-4222. PMID: 9108132, PMCID: PMC20608, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.8.4217.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStaminate floretsPistil abortionRestriction fragment length polymorphism mappingSex determination mechanismSimilar expression patternsMonophyletic traitUnisexual floretsPolymorphism mappingPistillate floretsDetermination mechanismIntergeneric hybridsTribe AndropogoneaeExpression patternsSubepidermal cellsDeletion mutationsMolecular analysisEastern gamagrassGenesAndropogoneaeFloretsMaizeSimilar roleSpikeletsAllelesTasselseed2