Caught Red-Handed: Rc Encodes a Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Protein Conditioning Red Pericarp in Rice

Caught red-handed: Rc encodes a basic helix-loop-helix protein conditioning red pericarp in rice.

Rc is a domestication-related gene required for red pericarp in rice (Oryza sativa). The red grain color is ubiquitous among the wild ancestors of O. sativa, in which it is closely associated with seed shattering and dormancy. Rc encodes a basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) protein that was fine-mapped to an 18.5-kb region on rice chromosome 7 using a cross between Oryza rufipogon (red pericarp) and...

An-1 encodes a basic helix-loop-helix protein that regulates awn development, grain size, and grain number in rice.

Long awns are important for seed dispersal in wild rice (Oryza rufipogon), but are absent in cultivated rice (Oryza sativa). The genetic mechanism involved in loss-of-awn in cultivated rice remains unknown. We report here the molecular cloning of a major quantitative trait locus, An-1, which regulates long awn formation in O. rufipogon. An-1 encodes a basic helix-loop-helix protein, which regul...

Caught Red-Handed: Cycling Cardiomyocytes.

Embryonic expression of mSharp-1/mDEC2, which encodes a basic helix–loop–helix transcription factor

We describe the expression pattern of mouse Sharp-1 (mSharp-1), a member of the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) family of transcription factors. mSharp-1 belongs to the Hairy/Enhancer of Split (E(Spl)) subfamily of bHLH factors that are key targets of the Notch signaling pathway and exhibits the highest sequence identity with Stra13. RNA in situ hybridization analysis from embryonic day 7.5 (E7.5...

Hxt encodes a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor that regulates trophoblast cell development.

Trophoblast cells are the first lineage to form in the mammalian conceptus and mediate the process of implantation. We report the cloning of a basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor gene, Hxt, that is expressed in early trophoblast and in differentiated giant cells. A separate gene, Hed, encodes a related protein that is expressed in maternal deciduum surrounding the implantation si...