Seed-Specific Expression of the Arabidopsis AtMAP18 Gene Increases both Lysine and Total Protein Content in Maize.

Lysine is the most limiting essential amino acid for animal nutrition in maize grains. Expression of naturally lysine-rich protein genes can increase the lysine and protein contents in maize seeds. AtMAP18 from Arabidopsis thaliana encoding a microtubule-associated protein with high-lysine content was introduced into the maize genome with the seed-specific promoter F128.

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<>is the first atlas with spatial analysis methods to study on plague distributions, epidemics, controls, foci characters and their relationships with environment in China. This paper briefly introduces the idea, principle and methodology of its design and the main research results from it. The atlas include ten map groups as general maps, environmental background maps, plague epidemic and foci background maps in the world, maps of plague foci and their environments, epidemic maps, distribution maps of reservoirs, distribution maps of vectors, biotype distribution maps of yersinia pestis, maps of control institutions and control result maps.