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Adaptive expansion of the maize maternally expressed gene (Meg) family involves changes in expression patterns and protein secondary structures of its members

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Title
Adaptive expansion of the maize maternally expressed gene (Meg) family involves changes in expression patterns and protein secondary structures of its members
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BMC Plant Biology, August 2014
DOI 10.1186/s12870-014-0204-8
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Yuqing Xiong, Wenbin Mei, Eun-Deok Kim, Krishanu Mukherjee, Hatem Hassanein, William Brad Barbazuk, Sibum Sung, Bryan Kolaczkowski, Byung-Ho Kang

Abstract

The Maternally expressed gene (Meg) family is a locally-duplicated gene family of maize which encodes cysteine-rich proteins (CRPs). The founding member of the family, Meg1, is required for normal development of the basal endosperm transfer cell layer (BETL) and is involved in the allocation of maternal nutrients to growing seeds. Despite the important roles of Meg1 in maize seed development, the evolutionary history of the Meg cluster and the activities of the duplicate genes are not understood.

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Country Count As %
United States 1 4%
Norway 1 4%
Unknown 24 92%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 27%
Researcher 4 15%
Student > Bachelor 3 12%
Other 3 12%
Professor 2 8%
Other 4 15%
Unknown 3 12%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 16 62%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 23%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 4%
Unknown 3 12%
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