Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

The tin1 gene retains the function of promoting tillering in maize

  • Xuan Zhang,
  • Zhelong Lin,
  • Jian Wang,
  • Hangqin Liu,
  • Leina Zhou,
  • Shuyang Zhong,
  • Yan Li,
  • Can Zhu,
  • Jiacheng Liu,
  • Zhongwei Lin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13425-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Unlike the other domesticated maize, sweet maize and popcorn retain tillering growth habit, but the underlying mechanism is unknown. Here, the authors identify a transcription factor tin1 that maintains outgrowth of tiller independent of tb1 and show its conservation in foxtail millet and rice.