| High-lysine maize: the key discoveries that have made it possible. | |
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PMID: 20373119 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Forty-five years ago, a paper published by Mertz et al. (Science 145:279-280, 1964) initiated a revolution in the history of plant protein quality and affected dramatically the study of cereal crop storage proteins. The observation of the high lysine content of the endosperm of the opaque-2 (o2) maize mutant was a key factor in bringing about a new concept in the production of cereal seeds with a high nutritional value. It has been a long and very interesting road with astonishing results over these 45 years. We are now probably about to see the release of commercially engineered high-lysine maize lines. We have decided to pinpoint some key contributions to the science behind high-lysine plants and concentrated on the research done on maize, which is possibly the most complete and simple example to illustrate the advances achieved. However, studies on other plant species such as barley and model species such as tobacco are totally relevant and will be briefly addressed. |
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Authors:
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R A Azevedo; P Arruda |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review Date: 2010-04-07 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Amino acids Volume: 39 ISSN: 1438-2199 ISO Abbreviation: Amino Acids Publication Date: 2010 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-09-27 Completed Date: 2010-11-22 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9200312 Medline TA: Amino Acids Country: Austria |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 979-89 Citation Subset: IM |
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Departamento de Genética, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil. |
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Aspartic Acid
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metabolism Cereals Crops, Agricultural Hordeum / metabolism Lysine / metabolism* Metabolic Networks and Pathways Nutritive Value Plants, Genetically Modified Seed Storage Proteins / biosynthesis* Seeds / genetics, metabolism Zea mays / genetics*, metabolism* |
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0/Seed Storage Proteins; 56-84-8/Aspartic Acid; 56-87-1/Lysine |
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