Lc, a member of the maize R gene family responsible for tissue-specific anthocyanin production, encodes a protein similar to transcriptional activators and contains the myc-homology region.
Ludwig S, Habera L, Dellaporta S, Wessler S. Lc, a member of the maize R gene family responsible for tissue-specific anthocyanin production, encodes a protein similar to transcriptional activators and contains the myc-homology region. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1989, 86: 7092-7096. PMID: 2674946, PMCID: PMC298000, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.86.18.7092.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsR gene familyR genesTranscriptional activatorAnthocyanin pigmentationGene familyGene productsFunctional R genesMyc homology regionAnthocyanin biosynthetic pathwayAccumulation of transcriptsDifferent R genesGenomic clonesDimerization motifAcidic domainR locusTranscriptional activationCDNA sequenceBiosynthetic pathwayGene promoterRegulatory proteinsAnthocyanin productionLC proteinsGenesAmino acidsProtein