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Science 6 September 1996:
Vol. 273. no. 5280, pp. 1406 - 1409
DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5280.1406
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CRINKLY4: A TNFR-Like Receptor Kinase Involved in Maize Epidermal Differentiation

Philip W. Becraft, * Philip S. Stinard, Donald R. McCarty

The maize crinkly4 (cr4) mutation affects leaf epidermis differentiation such that cell size and morphology are altered, and surface functions are compromised, allowing graft-like fusions between organs. In the seed, loss of cr4 inhibits aleurone formation in a pattern that reflects the normal progression of differentiation over the developing endosperm surface. The cr4 gene was isolated by transposon tagging and found to encode a putative receptor kinase. The extracellular domain contains a cysteine-rich region similar to the ligand binding domain in mammalian tumor necrosis factor receptors (TNFRs) and seven copies of a previously unknown 39-amino acid repeat. The results suggest a role for cr4 in a differentiation signal.

P. W. Becraft, Departments of Zoology and Genetics, and Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
P. S. Stinard, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
D. R. McCarty, Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
*   To whom correspondence should be addressed.


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