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. 2011 Aug;188(4):1019–1022. doi: 10.1534/genetics.111.131078

TABLE 1.

Amino acid composition analysis in ground cornmeal

Amino acida B73 × Mo17 (%) Pool 42 × P6z1RNAi/+ (%)
Lysine 0.30 0.38
Phenylalanine 0.73 0.48
Leucine 2.01 0.71
Isoleucine 0.41 0.27
Threonine 0.36 0.32
Valine 0.44 0.40
Histidine 0.35 0.29
Arginine 0.55 0.49
Glycine 0.43 0.40
Aspartic Acid 0.63 0.79
Serine 0.56 0.37
Glutamic Acid 2.68 1.56
Proline 1.61 0.85
Hydroxyproline 0.04 0.03
Alanine 0.88 0.55
Tyrosine 0.59 0.31
Total ground kernels (g) 25.28 25.77

Samples were ground cornmeal of bulked mature kernels from B73 × Mo17 and mature green and vitreous kernels from pool 42 × P6z1RNAi/+.

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Amino acid levels were expressed as the percentage of total cornmeal.