VI. RECENT MAIZE PUBLICATIONS

Abe, S; Azama, K; Sugimoto, H; Davies, E, 2003. Protein accumulation in the maize endosperm: role of polyribosomes and the cytoskeleton. Plant Physiol Biochem 41:125-131.

Abramova, L; Avalkina, N; Golubeva, E; Pyzhenkova, Z; Golubovskaya, I, 2003. Synthesis and deposition of callose in anthers and ovules of meiotic mutants of maize (Zea mays). Russ J Plant Physiol 50:324-329.

Agrawal, G; Jwa, N; Rakwal, R, 2002. A pathogen-induced novel rice (Oryza sativa L.) gene encodes a putative protein homologous to type II glutathione S-transferases. Plant Sci 163:1153-1160.

Ahmed, N; Maekawa, M; Utsugi, S; Himi, E; Ablet, H; Rikiishi, K; Noda, K, 2003. Transient expression of anthocyanin in developing wheat Coleoptile by maize C1 and beta-peru regulatory genes for anthocyanin synthesis. Breed Sci 53:29-34.

Ajala, SO; Kling, JG; Kim, SK; Obajimi, AO, 2003. Improvement of maize populations for resistance to downy mildew. Plant Breed 122:328-333.

Ajibade, S; Ogunbodede, B; Oyejola, B, 2002. AMMI analysis of genotype-environment interaction for open-pollinated maize varieties evaluated in major agro-ecologies of Nigeria. Trop Agric 79:265-270.

Alder, NN; Theg, SM, 2003. Energetics of protein transport across biological membranes. a study of the thylakoid DeltapH-dependent/cpTat pathway. Cell 112:231-242.

Anderson, LK; Doyle, GG; Brigham, B; Carter, J; Hooker, KD; Lai, A; Rice, M; Stack, SM, 2003. High-resolution crossover maps for each bivalent of Zea mays using recombination nodules. Genetics 165:849-865.

Aroca, R; Irigoyen, J; Sanchez-Diaz, M, 2003. Drought enhances maize chilling tolerance. II. Photosynthetic traits and protective mechanisms against oxidative stress. Physiol Plant 117:540-549.

Aroca, R; Vernieri, P; Irigoyen, J; Sanchez-Diaz, M; Tognoni, F; Pardossi, A, 2003. Involvement of abscisic acid in leaf and root of maize (Zea mays L.) in avoiding chilling-induced water stress. Plant Sci 165:671-679.

Asakura, N; Nakamura, C; Ishii, T; Kasai, Y; Yoshida, S, 2002. A transcriptionally active maize MuDR-like transposable element in rice and its relatives. Mol Genet Genomics 268:321-330.

Asakura, Y; Hagino, T; Ohta, Y; Aoki, K; Yonekura-Sakakibara, K; Deji, A; Yamaya, T; Sugiyama, T; Sakakibara, H, 2003. Molecular characterization of His-Asp phosphorelay signaling factors in maize leaves: implications of the signal divergence by cytokinin-inducible response regulators in the cytosol and the nuclei. Plant Mol Biol 52:331-341.

Ashlock, D; Golden, J, 2003. Chaos automata: iterated function systems with memory. Physica D 181:274-285.

Astolfi, S; Zuchi, S; Passera, C; Cesco, S, 2003. Does the sulfur assimilation pathway play a role in the response to Fe deficiency in maize (Zea mays L.) plants? J Plant Nutr 26:2111-2121.

Aulinger, I; Peter, S; Schmid, J; Stamp, P, 2003. Gametic embryos of maize as a target for biolistic transformation: comparison to immature zygotic embryos. Plant Cell Reports 21:585-591.

Aulinger, I; Peter, S; Schmid, J; Stamp, P, 2003. Rapid attainment of a doubled haploid line from transgenic maize (Zea mays L.) plants by means of anther culture. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol-Plant 39:165-170.

Aylor, D, 2002. Settling speed of corn (Zea mays) pollen. J Aerosol Sci 33:1601-1607.

Aylor, DE, 2003. Rate of dehydration of corn (Zea mays L.) pollen in the air. J Exp Bot 54:2307-2312.

Aylor, DE; Schultes, NP; Shields, EJ, 2003. An aerobiological framework for assessing cross-pollination in maize. Agric For Meteorol 119:111-129.

Azama, K; Abe, S; Sugimoto, H; Davis, E, 2003. Lysine-containing proteins in maize endosperm: a major contribution from cytoskeleton-associated carbohydrate-metabolizing enzymes. Planta 217:628-638.

Badu-Apraku, B; Abamu, FJ; Menkir, A; Fakorede, MAB; Obeng-Antwi, K; The, C, 2003. Genotype by environment interactions in the regional early maize variety trials in West and Central Africa. Maydica 48:93-104.

Bailey, W; Wilcut, J, 2003. Tolerance of imidazolinone-resistant corn (Zea mays) to diclosulam. Weed Technol 17:60-64.

Bakan, B; Bily, A; Melcion, D; Cahagnier, B; Regnault-Roger, C; Philogene, B; Richard-Molard, D, 2003. Possible role of plant phenolics in the production of Trichothecenes by Fusarium graminearum strains on different fractions of maize kernels. J Agric Food Chem 51:2826-2831.

Baluska, F; Wojtaszek, P; Volkmann, D; Barlow, P, 2003. The architecture of polarized cell growth: the unique status of elongating plant cells. Bioessays 25:569-576.

Bantte, K; Prasanna, B, 2003. Simple sequence repeat polymorphism in Quality Protein Maize (QPM) lines. Euphytica 129:337-344.

Barbosa, A; Geraldi, I; Benchimol, L; Garcia, A; Souza, C; Souza, A, 2003. Relationship of intra- and interpopulation tropical maize single cross hybrid performance and genetic distances computed from AFLP and SSR markers. Euphytica 130:87-99.

Barcaccia, G; Lucchin, M; Parrini, P, 2003. Characterization of a flint maize (Zea mays var. indurata) Italian landrace. II. Genetic diversity and relatedness assessed by SSR and Inter-SSR molecular markers. Genet Resour Crop Evol 50:253-271.

Barlow, P, 2002. The root cap: Cell dynamics, cell differentiation and cap function. J Plant Growth Regul 21:261-286.

Baroux, C; Spillane, C; Grossniklaus, U, 2002. Genomic imprinting during seed development. Pp. 165-214 in Homology Effects. San Diego: Academic Press Inc.

Barriere, Y; Guillet, C; Goffner, D; Pichon, M, 2003. Genetic variation and breeding strategies for improved cell wall digestibility in annual forage crops. A review. Anim Res 52:193-228.

Bartels, D; Mattar, M, 2002. Oropetium thomaeum: A resurrection grass with a diploid genome. Maydica 47:185-192.

Bass, HW; Bordoli, S; Foss, E, 2003. The desynaptic (dy) and desynaptic1 (dys1) mutations in maize (Zea mays L.) cause distinct telomere-misplacement phenotypes during meiotic prophase. J Exp Bot 54:39-46.

Bass, HW, 2003. Telomere dynamics unique to meiotic prophase: formation and significance of the bouquet. Cell Mol Life Sci 60:2319-2324.

Batley, J; Barker, G; O'Sullivan, H; Edwards, KJ; Edwards, D, 2003. Mining for single nucleotide polymorphisms and insertions/deletions in maize expressed sequence tag data. Plant Physiol 132:84-91.

Batley, J; Mogg, R; Edwards, D; O'Sullivan, H; Edwards, K, 2003. A high-throughput SNuPE assay for genotyping SNPs in the flanking regions of Zea mays sequence tagged simple sequence repeats. Mol Breed 11:111-120.

Bavec, F; Bavec, M, 2002. Effects of plant population on leaf area index, cob characteristics and grain yield of early maturing maize cultivars (FAO 100-400). Eur J Agron 16:151-159.

Becraft, P; Li, K; Dey, N; Asuncion-Crabb, Y, 2002. The maize dek1 gene functions in embryonic pattern formation and cell fate specification. Development 129:5217-5225.

Bellon, M; Berthaud, J; Smale, M; Aguirre, J; Taba, S; Aragon, F; Diaz, J; Castro, H, 2003. Participatory landrace selection for on-farm conservation: An example from the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico. Genet Resour Crop Evol 50:401-416.

Bennetzen, J; Ma, J, 2003. The genetic colinearity of rice and other cereals on the basis of genomic sequence analysis. Curr Opin Plant Biol 6:128-133.

Berger, F, 2003. Endosperm: the crossroad of seed development. Curr Opin Plant Biol 6:42-50.

Berry, DA; Seltzer, JD; Xie, CQ; Wright, DL; Jones, ES; Sebastian, S; Smith, JSC, 2003. Assessing probability of ancestry using simple sequence repeat profiles: Applications to maize inbred lines and soybean varieties. Genetics 165:331-342.

Berthome, R; Froger, N; Hiard, S; Balasse, H; Martin-Canadell, A; Budar, F, 2003. The involvement of organelles in plant sexual reproduction: A post-genomic approach. Acta Biol Crac Ser Bot 45:119-124.

Bertoia, LM; Burak, R; Torrecillas, M, 2002. Identifying inbred lines capable of improving ear and stover yield and quality of superior silage maize hybrids. Crop Sci 42:365-372.

Berzonsky, WA; Kleven, SL; Leach, GD, 2003. The effects of parthenogenesis on wheat embryo formation and haploid production with and without maize pollination. Euphytica 133:285-290.

Betran, F; Beck, D; Banziger, M; Edmeades, G, 2003. Genetic analysis of inbred and hybrid grain yield under stress and nonstress environments in tropical maize. Crop Sci 43:807-817.

Betran, F; Beck, D; Banziger, M; Edmeades, G, 2003. Secondary traits in parental inbreds and hybrids under stress and non-stress environments in tropical maize. Field Crop Res 83:51-65.

Betran, F; Isakeit, T; Odvody, G, 2002. Aflatoxin accumulation of white and yellow maize inbreds in diallel crosses. Crop Sci 42:1894-1901.

Betran, F; Ribaut, J; Beck, D; de Leon, D, 2003. Genetic diversity, specific combining ability, and heterosis in tropical maize under stress and nonstress environments. Crop Sci 43:797-806.

Bhat, R; Riehl, M; Santandrea, G; Velasco, R; Slocombe, S; Donn, G; Steinbiss, H; Thompson, R; Becker, H, 2003. Alteration of GCN5 levels in maize reveals dynamic responses to manipulating histone acetylation. Plant J 33:455-469.

Bhatnagar, S; Betran, FJ; Transue, DK, 2003. Agronomic performance, aflatoxin accumulation and protein quality of subtropical and tropical QPM hybrids in southern US. Maydica 48:113-124.

Biely, P; Ahlgren, JA; Leathers, TD; Greene, RV; Cotta, MA, 2003. Aryl-glycosidase activities in germinating maize. Cereal Chem 80:144-147.

Bily, A; Reid, L; Taylor, J; Johnston, D; Malouin, C; Burt, A; Bakan, B; Regnault-Roger, C; Pauls, K; Arnason, J; Philogene, B, 2003. Dehydrodimers of ferulic acid in maize grain pericarp and aleurone: Resistance factors to Fusarium graminearum. Phytopathology 93:712-719.

Bilyeu, KD; Laskey, JG; Morris, RO, 2003. Dynamics of expression and distribution of cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase in developing maize kernels. Plant Growth Regul 39:195-203.

Binder, S; Brennicke, A, 2003. Gene expression in plant mitochondria: transcriptional and post-transcriptional control. Philos Trans R Soc Lond Ser B-Biol Sci 358:181-188.

Birch, C; Vos, J; van der Putten, P, 2003. Plant development and leaf area production in contrasting cultivars of maize grown in a cool temperate environment in the field. Eur J Agron 19:173-188.

Birch, CJ; Andrieu, B; Fournier, C, 2002. Dynamics of internode and stem elongation in three cultivars of maize. Agronomie 22:511-524.

Birchler, J; Dawe, R; Doebley, J, 2003. Marcus Rhoades, preferential segregation and meiotic drive. Genetics 164:835-841.

Birchler, J; Pal-Bhadra, M; Bhadra, U, 2003. Dosage dependent gene regulation and the compensation of the X chromosome in Drosophila males. Genetica 117:179-190.

Birchler, JA; Auger, DL; Riddle, NC, 2003. In search of the molecular basis of heterosis. Plant Cell 15:2236-2239.

Bomblies, K; Wang, R; Ambrose, B; Schmidt, R; Meeley, R; Doebley, J, 2003. Duplicate FLORICAULA/LEAFY homologs zfl1 and zfl2 control inflorescence architecture and flower patterning in maize. Development 130:2385-2395.

Boscolo, P; Menossi, M; Jorge, R, 2003. Aluminum-induced oxidative stress in maize. Phytochemistry 62:181-189.

Bouchez, A; Hospital, F; Causse, M; Gallais, A; Charcosset, A, 2002. Marker-assisted introgression of favorable alleles at quantitative trait loci between maize elite lines. Genetics 162:1945-1959.

Brandalise, M; Maia, I; Borecky, J; Vercesi, A; Arruda, P, 2003. ZmPUMP encodes a maize mitochondrial uncoupling protein that is induced by oxidative stress. Plant Sci 165:329-335.

Bravo, JM; Campo, S; Murillo, I; Coca, M; Segundo, BS, 2003. Fungus- and wound-induced accumulation of mRNA containing a class II chitinase of the pathogenesis-related protein 4 (PR-4) family of maize. Plant Mol Biol 52:745-759.

Brugiere, N; Jiao, SP; Hantke, S; Zinselmeier, C; Roessler, JA; Niu, XM; Jones, RJ; Habben, JE, 2003. Cytokinin oxidase gene expression in maize is localized to the vasculature, and is induced by cytokinins, abscisic acid, and abiotic stress. Plant Physiol 132:1228-1240.

Bruns, H; Abbas, H, 2003. Effects of plant populations on maize hybrids in the sub-tropical Mid South USA. Maydica 48:21-27.

Brush, S; Tadesse, D; Van Dusen, E, 2003. Crop diversity in peasant and industrialized agriculture: Mexico and California. Soc Nat Resour 16:123-141.

Brutnell, TP; Conrad, LJ, 2003. Transposon tagging using Activator (Ac) in maize. Pp. 157-175 in Plant Functional Genomics: Methods and Protocols. Totowa: Humana Press Inc.

Burger, BT; Cross, JM; Shaw, JR; Caren, JR; Greene, TW; Okita, TW; Hannah, LC, 2003. Relative turnover numbers of maize endosperm and potato tuber ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylases in the absence and presence of 3-phosphoglyceric acid. Planta 217:449-456.

Cahoon, A; Cunningham, K; Stern, D, 2003. The plastid clpP gene may not be essential for plant cell viability. Plant Cell Physiol 44:93-95.

Cahoon, AB; Cunningham, KA; Bollenbach, TJ; Stern, DB, 2003. Maize BMS cultured cell lines survive with massive plastid gene loss. Curr Genet 44:104-113.

Cahoon, EB; Hall, SE; Ripp, KG; Ganzke, TS; Hitz, WD; Coughlan, SJ, 2003. Metabolic redesign of vitamin E biosynthesis in plants for tocotrienol production and increased antioxidant content. Nat Biotechnol 21:1082-1087.

Cai, H; Gao, Z; Yuyama, N; Ogawa, N, 2003. Identification of AFLP markers closely linked to the rhm gene for resistance to Southern Corn Leaf Blight in maize by using bulked segregant analysis. Mol Genet Genomics 269:299-303.

Caixeta, E; De Carvalho, C, 2003. Chromomere mapping in maize pachytenes. Caryologia 56:53-56.

Campanella, J; Bakllamaja, V; Restieri, T; Vomacka, M; Herron, J; Patterson, M; Shahtaheri, S, 2003. Isolation of an ILR1 auxin conjugate hydrolase homolog from Arabidopsis suecica. Plant Growth Regul 39:175-181.

Carcova, J; Andrieu, B; Otegui, M, 2003. Silk elongation in maize: Relationship with flower development and pollination. Crop Sci 43:914-920.

Cardinal, A; Lee, M; Moore, K, 2003. Genetic mapping and analysis of quantitative trait loci affecting fiber and lignin content in maize. Theor Appl Genet 106:866-874.

Carena, M; Wanner, D, 2003. Registration of ND2000 inbred line of maize. Crop Sci 43:1568-1569.

Carena, MJ; Cross, HZ, 2003. Plant density and maize germplasm improvement in the Northern Corn Belt. Maydica 48:105-111.

Cargnelutti, A; Storck, L; Lucio, A, 2003. Adjustments of error mean square in corn cultivar competition trials by Papadakis method. Pesqui Agropecu Bras 38:467-473.

Carletti, P; Masi, A; Wonisch, A; Grill, D; Tausz, M; Ferretti, M, 2003. Changes in antioxidant and pigment pool dimensions in UV-B irradiated maize seedlings. Environ Exp Bot 50:149-157.

Carpita, N; McCann, M, 2002. The functions of cell wall polysaccharides in composition and architecture revealed through mutations. Plant Soil 247:71-80.

Casacuberta, J; Santiago, N, 2003. Plant LTR-retrotransposons and MITEs: control of transposition and impact on the evolution of plant genes and genomes. Gene 311:1-11.

Casati, P; Walbot, V, 2003. Gene expression profiling in response to ultraviolet radiation in maize genotypes with varying flavonoid content. Plant Physiol 132:1739-1754.

Castro, MS; Gerhardt, IR; Orru, S; Pucci, P; Bloch, C, 2003. Purification and characterization of a small (7.3 kDa) putative lipid transfer protein from maize seeds. J Chromatogr B 794:109-114.

Cavalar, M; Moller, C; Offermann, S; Krohn, N; Grasser, K; Peterhansel, C, 2003. The interaction of DOF transcription factors with nucleosomes depends on the positioning of the binding site and is facilitated by maize HMGB5. Biochemistry 42:2149-2157.

Chandler, V; Brendel, V, 2002. The maize genome sequencing project. Plant Physiol 130:1594-1597.

Chandler, VL; Stam, M; Sidorenko, LV, 2002. Long-distance cis and trans interactions mediate paramutation. Pp. 215-242 in Homology Effects. San Diego: Academic Press Inc.

Chang, SW; Hwang, BK, 2002. Relationship of host genotype to Bipolaris leaf blight severities and yield components of adlay. Plant Dis 86:774-779.

Chaubal, R; Anderson, J; Trimnell, M; Fox, T; Albertsen, M; Bedinger, P, 2003. The transformation of anthers in the msca1 mutant of maize. Planta 216:778-788.

Chaudhary, H; Singh, S; Sethi, G, 2002. Interactive influence of wheat and maize genotypes on the induction of haploids in winter x spring hexaploid wheat hybrids. J Genet Breed 56:259-266.

Chaves, M; Maroco, J; Pereira, J, 2003. Understanding plant responses to drought - from genes to the whole plant. Funct Plant Biol 30:239-264.

Cheng, Y; Lin, B, 2003. Cloning and characterization of maize B chromosome sequences derived from microdissection. Genetics 164:299-310.

Ching, A; Caldwell, KS; Jung, M; Dolan, M; Smith, OS; Tingey, S; Morgante, M; Rafalski, AJ, 2002. SNP frequency, haplotype structure and linkage disequilibrium in elite maize inbred lines. BMC Genet 3:19-32.

Ching, A; Rafalski, A, 2002. Rapid genetic mapping of ESTs using SNP pyrosequencing and indel analysis. Cell Mol Biol Lett 7:803-810.

Chopra, S; Cocciolone, S; Bushman, S; Sangar, V; McMullen, M; Peterson, T, 2003. The maize Unstable factor for orange1 is a dominant epigenetic modifier of a tissue specifically silent allele of pericarp color1. Genetics 163:1135-1146.

Clements, M; Campbell, K; Maragos, C; Pilcher, C; Headrick, J; Pataky, J; White, D, 2003. Influence of Cry1Ab protein and hybrid genotype on fumonisin contamination and fusarium ear rot of corn. Crop Sci 43:1283-1293.

Cleveland, T; Dowd, P; Desjardins, A; Bhatnagar, D; Cotty, P, 2003. United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service research on pre-harvest prevention of mycotoxins and mycotoxigenic fungi in US crops. Pest Manag Sci 59:629-642.

Clore, A; Turner, W; Morse, A; Whetten, R, 2003. Changes in mitogen-activated protein kinase activity occur in the maize pulvinus in response to gravistimulation and are important for the bending response. Plant Cell Environ 26:991-1001.

Compaan, B; Ruttink, T; Albrecht, C; Meeley, R; Bisseling, T; Franssen, H, 2003. Identification and characterization of a Zea mays line carrying a transposon-tagged ENOD40. Biochim Biophys Acta-Gene Struct Expression 1629:84-91.

Cona, A; Cenci, F; Cervelli, M; Federico, R; Mariottini, P; Moreno, S; Angelini, R, 2003. Polyamine oxidase, a hydrogen peroxide-producing enzyme, is up-regulated by light and down-regulated by auxin in the outer tissues of the maize mesocotyl. Plant Physiol 131:803-813.

Cone, K; McMullen, M; Bi, I; Davis, G; Yim, Y; Gardiner, J; Polacco, M; Sanchez-Villeda, H; Fang, Z; Schroeder, S; Havermann, S; Bowers, J; Paterson, A; Soderlund, C; Engler, F; Wing, R; Coe, E, 2002. Genetic, physical, and informatics resources for maize on the road to an integrated map. Plant Physiol 130:1598-1605.

Consonni, G; Aspesi, C; Barbante, A; Dolfini, S; Giuliani, C; Giulini, A; Hansen, S; Brettschneider, R; Pilu, R; Gavazzi, G, 2003. Analysis of four maize mutants arrested in early embryogenesis reveals an irregular pattern of cell division. Sex Plant Reprod 15:281-290.

Cortes, S; Gromova, M; Evrard, A; Roby, C; Heyraud, A; Rolin, DB; Raymond, P; Brouquisse, RM, 2003. In plants, 3-O-methylglucose is phosphorylated by hexokinase but not perceived as a sugar. Plant Physiol 131:824-837.

Cortes-Cruz, M; Snook, M; McMmullen, M, 2003. The genetic basis of C-glycosyl flavone B-ring modification in maize (Zea mays L.) silks. Genome 46:182-194.

Cosgrove, D; Li, L; Cho, H; Hoffmann-Benning, S; Moore, R; Blecker, D, 2002. The growing world of expansins. Plant Cell Physiol 43:1436-1444.

Costa, C; Dwyer, L; Dutilleul, P; Foroutan-Pour, K; Liu, A; Hamel, C; Smith, D, 2003. Morphology and fractal dimension of root systems of maize hybrids bearing the leafy trait. Can J Bot-Rev Can Bot 81:706-713.

Costa, R; Moro, F; Moro, J; da Silva, H; Panizzi, R, 2003. Relationship between caryopsis morphological characteristics and fusarium ear rot in corn. Pesqui Agropecu Bras 38:27-33.

Cross, H; Wanner, D; Carena, M, 2003. Registration of ND291 inbred line of maize. Crop Sci 43:1568.

Cruz-Garcia, F; Gomez, A; Zuniga, J; Plasencia, J; Vazquez-Ramos, J, 2003. Cloning and characterization of a COBRA-like gene expressed de novo during maize germination. Seed Sci Res 13:209-217.

Cruz-Perez, AB; Gonzalez-Hernandez, VA; Mendoza-Castillo, MC; Ortega-Delgado, ML, 2003. Physiological markers for seed ageing tolerance in maize. Agrociencia 37:371-381.

Cui, H; Fedoroff, N, 2002. Inducible DNA demethylation mediated by the maize Suppressor-mutator transposon-encoded TnpA protein. Plant Cell 14:2883-2899.

Cui, X; Hsia, A; Liu, F; Ashlock, D; Wise, R; Schnable, P, 2003. Alternative transcription initiation sites and polyadenylation sites are recruited during Mu suppression at the rf2a locus of maize. Genetics 163:685-698.

Cummins, I; O'Hagan, D; Jablonkai, I; Cole, D; Hehn, A; Werck-Reichhart, D; Edwards, R, 2003. Cloning, characterization and regulation of a family of phi class glutathione transferases from wheat. Plant Mol Biol 52:591-603.

d'Erfurth, I; Cosson, V; Eschstruth, A; Rippa, S; Messinese, E; Durand, P; Trinh, H; Kondorosi, A; Ratet, P, 2003. Rapid inactivation of the maize transposable element En/Spm in Medicago truncatula. Mol Genet Genomics 269:732-745.

Damerval, C; Manuel, M, 2003. Independent evolution of Cycloidea-like sequences in several angiosperm taxa. C. R. Palevol 2:241-250.

Danilevskaya, O; Hermon, P; Hantke, S; Muszynski, M; Kollipara, K; Ananiev, E, 2003. Duplicated fie genes in maize: Expression pattern and imprinting suggest distinct functions. Plant Cell 15:425-438.

Datta, R; Chamusco, K; Chourey, P, 2002. Starch biosynthesis during pollen maturation is associated with altered patterns of gene expression in maize. Plant Physiol 130:1645-1656.

Davis, J; Supatcharee, N; Khandelwal, R; Chibbar, R, 2003. Synthesis of novel starches in planta: Opportunities and challenges. Starch-Starke 55:107-120.

Dawe, RK, 2003. RNA interference, transposons, and the centromere. Plant Cell 15:297-301.

de Carvalho, H; Leal, M; Cardoso, M; dos Santos, M; Tabosa, J; de Carvalho, B; Lira, M, 2002. Adaptability and stability of maize cultivars in the Brazilian Northeast region from 1998 to 2000. Pesqui Agropecu Bras 37:1581-1588.

de Carvalho, H; Leal, M; dos Santos, M; de Souza, E, 2003. Genetic parameters estimates in the maize population CPATC-3 in two locals of Sergipe State, Brazil. Pesqui Agropecu Bras 38:73-78.

de Carvalho, HWL; dos Santos, MX; Leal, MDD; de Souza, EM, 2003. Genetic parameters estimates in the maize variety BR 5028-Sao Francisco in the Brazilian Northeast region. Pesqui Agropecu Bras 38:929-935.

de Marco, A; Volrath, S; Law, M; Fonne-Pfister, R, 2003. Correct identification of the chloroplastic protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase N-terminus places the biochemical data in frame. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 309:873-878.

de Obeso, M; Caparros-Ruiz, D; Vignols, F; Puigdomenech, P; Rigau, J, 2003. Characterisation of maize peroxidases having differential patterns of mRNA accumulation in relation to lignifying tissues. Gene 309:23-33.

Dennis, C, 2003. Maize map sees geneticists split over choice of direction. Nature 424:476.

Detarsio, E; Wheeler, M; Bermudez, V; Andreo, C; Drincovich, M, 2003. Maize C(4)NADP-malic enzyme - Expression in Escherichia coli and characterization of site-directed mutants at the putative nucleotide-binding sites. J Biol Chem 278:13757-13764.

Devoto, A; Hartmann, H; Piffanelli, P; Elliott, C; Simmons, C; Taramino, G; Goh, C; Cohen, F; Emerson, B; Schulze-Lefert, P; Panstruga, R, 2003. Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the plant-specific seven-transmembrane MLO family. J Mol Evol 56:77-88.

Dhliwayo, T; Pixley, KV, 2003. Divergent selection for resistance to maize weevil in six maize populations. Crop Sci 43:2043-2049.

Di Renzo, MA; Bonamico, NC; Diaz, DD; Salerno, JC; Ibanez, MM; Gesumaria, JJ, 2002. Inheritance of resistance to Mal de Rio Cuarto (MRC) disease in Zea mays (L.). J Agric Sci 139:47-53.

Dias, A; Braun, E; McMullen, M; Grotewold, E, 2003. Recently duplicated maize R2R3 Myb genes provide evidence for distinct mechanisms of evolutionary divergence after duplication. Plant Physiol 131:610-620.

Dias, A; Grotewold, E, 2003. Manipulating the accumulation of phenolics in maize cultured cells using transcription factors. Biochem Eng J 14:207-216.

Dinges, JR; Colleoni, C; James, MG; Myers, AM, 2003. Mutational analysis of the pullulanase-type debranching enzyme of maize indicates multiple functions in starch metabolism. Plant Cell 15:666-680.

Dixon, D; McEwen, A; Lapthorn, A; Edwards, R, 2003. Forced evolution of a herbicide detoxifying glutathione transferase. J Biol Chem 278:23930-23935.

Doerksen, TK; Kannenberg, LW; Lee, EA, 2003. Effect of recurrent selection on combining ability in maize breeding populations. Crop Sci 43:1652-1658.

Doi, R, 2003. Microbial conversion of corn stalks to riches. J Bacteriol 185:701-702.

Dong, Q; Roy, L; Freeling, M; Walbot, V; Brendel, V, 2003. ZmDB, an integrated database for maize genome research. Nucleic Acids Res 31:244-247.

Dordas, C; Rivoal, J; Hill, R, 2003. Plant haemoglobins, nitric oxide and hypoxic stress. Ann Bot 91:173-178.

Dormann, P, 2003. Corn with enhanced antioxidant potential. Nat Biotechnol 21:1015-1016.

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