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A regulatory network controlling developmental boundaries and meristem fates contributed to maize domestication

Maize transcription factor TASSELSHEATH4 establishes the leaf versus meristem cell boundary and vegetative versus floral axillary meristem fates as part of a domestication gene network.

Zhaobin Dong
Gaoyuan Hu
George Chuck
Research16 Oct 2024
Nature Genetics

Volume: 56, P: 2528-2537
Transcription factor binding divergence drives transcriptional and phenotypic variation in maize

Genome-wide comparative analysis of DNA binding for 200 transcription factors in two maize inbred lines reveals prevalent genotype-specific variation that is associated with gene expression differences and agronomic traits.

Mary Galli
Zongliang Chen
Andrea Gallavotti
Research12 Jun 2025
Nature Plants

Volume: 11, P: 1205-1219
The regulatory landscape of a core maize domestication module controlling bud dormancy and growth repression

The TB1 transcription factor was selected for the increased apical dominance of maize compared to its ancestor teosinte. A metabolic and genomic analysis of domesticated axillary buds suggest that TB1 achieved this by regulating phytohormone signaling, sugar metabolism and other domestication genes.

Zhaobin Dong
Yuguo Xiao
George Chuck
ResearchOpen Access23 Aug 2019
Nature Communications

Volume: 10, P: 1-15
Altered expression of maize PLASTOCHRON1 enhances biomass and seed yield by extending cell division duration

Maize is the highest yielding cereal crop grown worldwide. Here Sunet al. show that maize growth can be further enhanced by prolonging the duration of leaf elongation by targeted ectopic expression of the PLASTOCHRON1gene and show that this leads to increased yield in field trials.

Xiaohuan Sun
James Cahill
Hilde Nelissen
ResearchOpen Access16 Mar 2017
Nature Communications

Volume: 8, P: 1-11

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A regulatory network controlling developmental boundaries and meristem fates contributed to maize domestication

Transcription factor binding divergence drives transcriptional and phenotypic variation in maize

The regulatory landscape of a core maize domestication module controlling bud dormancy and growth repression

Altered expression of maize PLASTOCHRON1 enhances biomass and seed yield by extending cell division duration

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