title: Spotting factor (Spf) from the Spotted-dilute system in maize is a member of the En/Spm controlling element family.
abstract: The Spotted-dilute controlling element system in maize involves an autonomous Spotting factor (Spf), and a receptor at the r1 locus haplotype R1-r(spotted dilute2). Its relationship with other maize transposable element systems is poorly characterized. Through development of a genetic tester that carries receptors for both the Spotted-dilute and the En/Spm controlling element systems, we determined that both receptors respond equally to Spf and En/Spm and that Spf is therefore a member of the En/Spm family of controlling elements.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Soybean/Maize Germplasm, Pathology and Genetics Research Unit, Urbana, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Philip S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Stinard
authors.forename: Martin M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Sachs
mesh_terms: D000872:Anthocyanins / Q000235:genetics; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics*; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D010858:Pigmentation / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*; D012639:Seeds / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D003313:Zea mays / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000872:Anthocyanins; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements