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The Plant Cell Online: 16 (7)
Jul 2004

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Cells in maize endosperm undergo multiple cycles of endoreduplication. Although the role of endoreduplication is unclear, it is thought to provide a mechanism that increases cell size and enhances gene expression. Leiva-Neto et al. (pages 1854–1869) investigated this process by expression of a gene encoding a dominant negative mutant form of cyclin-dependent kinase A, which reduced endoreduplication in transgenic maize endosperm. Expression of the defective enzyme lowered kinase activity and reduced total DNA content of endosperm nuclei. However, reduced endoreduplication did not significantly affect cell size or level of endosperm gene expression and only slightly reduced starch and storage protein accumulation, suggesting that endoreduplication might not enhance transcription of genes associated with starch and storage protein synthesis. The cover image shows a starchy endosperm cell with an enlarged endoreduplicated nucleus, starch granules (irregular light spheres), and protein bodies (small, dark-stained spheres). Image by Giovana Augusta Torres and Joao Torres Leiva-Neto.

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