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. 2016 Jun 8;67(14):4403–4413. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erw226

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1.

Physical location and expression characteristics of the two defensin-like protein genes Def1 and Def2 in maize. (A) Schematic representation of the genomic organization of the Def1 and Def2 genes on chromosome 10 in maize. The Def1 gene produces only one transcript (GRMZM2G368890_T01) while the Def2 gene produces two transcripts (GRMZM2G368861_T01 and GRMZM2G368861_T02). (B) qPCR data showing the relative transcript levels of both genes during different developmental stages of endosperm and embryos and in various vegetative tissues of large trumpet-stage inbred line B73 maize plants. En, Em, Se, Li, Sh, Lv, St, and Rt represent endosperm, embryo, seed, ligule, sheath, leaf, stem, and root tissues, respectively, of large trumpet-stage inbred line B73 maize plants; ATG, translation start site; RQ, relative expression quantity (2–ΔΔCt), with all the relative expression levels relative to that in root.