The regulatory landscape of a core maize domestication module controlling bud dormancy and growth repression

Zhaobin Dong; Yuguo Xiao; Rajanikanth Govindarajulu; Regina Feil; Muriel L. Siddoway; Torrey Nielsen; John E. Lunn; Jennifer Hawkins; Clinton Whipple; George Chuck

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11774-w

Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

The regulatory landscape of a core maize domestication module controlling bud dormancy and growth repression

Zhaobin Dong,
Yuguo Xiao,
Rajanikanth Govindarajulu,
Regina Feil,
Muriel L. Siddoway,
Torrey Nielsen,
John E. Lunn,
Jennifer Hawkins,
Clinton Whipple,
George Chuck

Affiliations

Zhaobin Dong: Plant Gene Expression Center/USDA, University of California, Berkeley
Yuguo Xiao: Brigham Young University
Rajanikanth Govindarajulu: West Virginia University
Regina Feil: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Muehlenberg
Muriel L. Siddoway: Brigham Young University
Torrey Nielsen: Brigham Young University
John E. Lunn: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Muehlenberg
Jennifer Hawkins: West Virginia University
Clinton Whipple: Brigham Young University
George Chuck: Plant Gene Expression Center/USDA, University of California, Berkeley

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11774-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The TB1 transcription factor was selected for the increased apical dominance of maize compared to its ancestor teosinte. A metabolic and genomic analysis of domesticated axillary buds suggest that TB1 achieved this by regulating phytohormone signaling, sugar metabolism and other domestication genes.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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