Publications by authors named "Erika L Ellison"
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- Transcription factors (TFs) are crucial for regulating gene expression and influencing an organism's traits, and gene-regulatory networks (GRNs) are used to identify potential target genes for these TFs.
- Researchers conducted experiments in maize using a reverse genetics approach to isolate mutant alleles of 22 TFs but found no significant physical changes in the plants.
- Although no major morphological changes were observed, transcriptomic profiling revealed differences in gene expression and phenolic compound levels in some mutants, suggesting that while individual TFs may not show dramatic effects, they can still influence gene regulatory networks.
The highly active family of Mutator (Mu) DNA transposons has been widely used for forward and reverse genetics in maize. There are examples of Mu-suppressible alleles that result in conditional phenotypic effects based on the activity of Mu. Phenotypes from these Mu-suppressible mutations are observed in Mu-active genetic backgrounds, but absent when Mu activity is lost.
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