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Fine structure of plastids in maize leaves carrying the striate-2 gene

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The recessive nuclear gene striate-2 (sr 2) conditions white striping of the leaves in maize, and expression of the gene is modified by interaction with a second factor near theR (anthocyanin) locus. In striped leaves the plastids of green tissue are normal in appearance, but the mesophyll and bundle sheath plastids of white tissue are reduced in size, irregular in shape, and have characteristically failed to develop internal ribosomes or an organized lamellar system.

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  1. Elizabeth Williams

    Present address: Grasslands Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Palmerston North, New Zealand

  2. J. L. Kermicle

    Present address: Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

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  1. Grasslands Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Palmerston North, New Zealand

    J. L. Kermicle

  2. Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    Elizabeth Williams

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Paper No. 1546 from the Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706.

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Williams, E., Kermicle, J.L. Fine structure of plastids in maize leaves carrying the striate-2 gene. Protoplasma 79, 401–408 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01276615

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