• Biology, Medicine
• Published in Genetics 1995
• DOI:10.1016/s0168-9525(00)89120-9

Sequences required for paramutation of the maize b gene map to a region containing the promoter and upstream sequences.

@article{Patterson1995SequencesRF,
  title={Sequences required for paramutation of the maize b gene map to a region containing the promoter and upstream sequences.},
  author={Garth I. Patterson and Kenneth M. Kubo and T. W. Shroyer and Vicki Lynn Chandler},
  journal={Genetics},
  year={1995},
  volume={140 4},
  pages={
          1389-406
        }
}

• Garth I. Patterson, Kenneth M. Kubo, +1 author Vicki Lynn Chandler

The b gene encodes a transcriptional regulator of the maize anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway. Certain b alleles participate in paramutation, an allele-specific interaction that heritably alters transcription. The moderately transcribed B' allele heritably reduces the transcription of the highly transcribed B-I allele in a B'/B-I heterozygote, such that the B-I allele becomes B'. To identify the cis-acting sequences required for paramutation, we used B' or B-I alleles to isolate intragenic… CONTINUE READING

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