Excision of Ds produces waxy proteins with a range of enzymatic activities.
Wessler S, Baran G, Varagona M, Dellaporta S. Excision of Ds produces waxy proteins with a range of enzymatic activities. The EMBO Journal 1986, 5: 2427-2432. PMID: 3780665, PMCID: PMC1167135, DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1986.tb04517.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDs insertionsGerminal derivativesEndosperm tissueWx proteinNew enzymatic propertiesDs elementEnzymatic activitySynthesis of amyloseExcision of DsMaize transposable elementsNatural populationsGenetic diversityTransposable elementsWaxy proteinExon sequencesDeletion derivativesWaxy locusWx geneAmino acidsEnzymatic propertiesProteinBPSpecific activityIntermediate levelsGenes