Table 1.

Genes expressed at high levels in the sheath tissue.

			Blade				Sheath
ID	Short Description	Symbol	Stage				Stage
			1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4
GRMZM2G026556	BTB/POZ domain-containing protein	BOP2	0.3	0.28	1.05	0.73	9.91	18.47	31.56	38.95
GRMZM2G022606	BTB/POZ domain-containing protein	BOP2	0.4	0.3	0.55	0.3	9.09	10.58	14.64	20.82
GRMZM2G403740	don-glucosyltransferase 1	DOGT1	0.05	0.06	0.55	0.11	0.37	2.12	3.89	13.76
GRMZM2G131409	Encodes Smaller with Variable Branches	SVB	0.58	0.52	0.33	0	0.49	15.39	16.42	8.07
GRMZM2G033767	glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 2	GPAT2	0	0.55	1.25	0.6	0.83	63.1	105.91	33.77
GRMZM5G862317	GDSL-like Lipase/Acylhydrolase superfamily protein	GDSL-like Lipase	0.51	2.79	3.18	3.56	57.19	42.25	50.57	39.53
GRMZM2G104141	carboxyesterase 18	CXE18	0	0.72	2.11	0.87	0	21.06	73.57	39.17
GRMZM2G061879	senescence-associated gene 12	SAG12	1.41	6.92	7.68	1.38	1.58	51.99	136.22	196.46
GRMZM2G082227	AP2/B3-like transcriptional factor family protein NGATHA1	NGA1	1.51	2.08	2.48	2.4	7.13	6.81	14.38	16.34
GRMZM2G445684	C2H2-type zinc finger family protein No Transmitting Tract	NTT	0.22	0.17	0.13	0.16	17.68	15.79	39.79	42.81
GRMZM2G071101	C2H2-type zinc finger family protein No Transmitting Tract	NTT	0.31	1.77	0.75	0.34	10.08	19.09	45.68	42.21
GRMZM2G034113	homeobox 7	HB-7	1.67	0.91	1.97	6.79	14.24	17.7	43.08	43.7
GRMZM5G842695	MATE efflux family protein	-	0.11	0.6	0.38	0.12	0.12	3.07	5.09	6.33
GRMZM2G343291	Protein of unknown function	-	4.47	13.77	4.61	0.57	2.06	69.06	117.95	94.52
GRMZM2G136571	alpha/beta-Hydrolases superfamily protein	-	0.83	0.77	1.53	0.55	0.63	7.03	34.12	25.2
GRMZM2G412436	Protein of unknown function	-	0.98	2.39	1.31	0.17	2.25	18.56	15.16	4.33

Note: The expression of genes was represented by the FPKM value in the table.