Table I. Protein body number per 100 μm² of fourth subaleurone starchy endosperm cell layer.

Protein body counts were made by sampling 100-μm² regions, which excluded nuclei and cell walls, within 18-DAP fourth subaleurone endosperm cells. Average is derived from counts of four TEM sections (two independent kernels and two independent embedments of each kernel).

Genotype	Protein Body Number
	per 100 μm2 ± sd
Wild type (HiII)	50.0 ± 3.2
α-Zein RNAi	51.5 ± 5.0
27-kD γ-zein RNAi	20.4 ± 3.4b
16- and 50-kD γ-zein and 15-kD β-zein RNAi	46.0 ± 3.8
27-, 16-, and 50-kD γ-zein and 15-kD β-zein RNAi	12.0 ± 2.1b
α-Zein and 27-kD γ-zein RNAi	25.5 ± 3.4b
α-Zein, 16- and 50-kD γ-zein, and 15-kD β-zein RNAi	36.3 ± 6.6a
α-Zein, 27-, 16-, and 50-kD γ-zein, and 15-kD β-zein RNAi	15.0 ± 1.8b

^aSignificantly different from the wild type at the 0.01 level.  ^bSignificantly different from the wild type at the 0.001 level using a two-tailed Student’s t test.