1991
Genetic and molecular analysis of Sn, a light-inducible, tissue specific regulatory gene in maize
Tonelli C, Consonni G, Dolfini S, Dellaporta S, Viotti A, Gavazzi G. Genetic and molecular analysis of Sn, a light-inducible, tissue specific regulatory gene in maize. Molecular Genetics And Genomics 1991, 225: 401-410. PMID: 1673220, DOI: 10.1007/bf00261680.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcyltransferasesAlcohol OxidoreductasesAllelesAnthocyaninsBlotting, NorthernBlotting, SouthernCloning, MolecularDNAGene Expression RegulationGenes, PlantGenes, RegulatorLightNucleic Acid HybridizationPolymorphism, Restriction Fragment LengthRestriction MappingSequence Homology, Nucleic AcidTranscription, GeneticZea maysConceptsSuccessive duplication eventsDiverse gene familySingle ancestral geneTissue-specific regulatory genesSpecific regulatory genesTissue-specific depositionTissue-specific fashionDuplication eventsAncestral genePlant cellsR genesGene familySn locusTissue-specific accumulationExpression of SnStructural geneRegulatory genesSn geneAntisense RNA probesCDNA clonesEvolutionary derivationDistribution of anthocyaninsKb transcriptPigment synthesisNorthern analysis
1989
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