ZmEREB92 plays a negative role in seed germination by regulating ethylene signaling and starch mobilization in maize.

"plos publication stage vor-update-to-uncorrected-proof publication update 2023-12-01 data availability the rna-seq data generated by this study are available in the geo database ( www ncbi nlm nih gov/geo/ ) under the accession number gse234833.; data availability the rna-seq data generated by this study are available in the geo database ( www ncbi nlm nih gov/geo/ ) under the accession number gse234833.; the dataset used for the expression analysis of zmereb92 in wild and cultivated maize is deposited in geo database under the accession number gse30036 which sequenced the above-ground tissue of 38 maize genotypes and 24 teosinte genotypes [ ]. to understand the regulatory network of zmereb92 we employed rna-seq using the seeds at 0 and 6 hai of kn5585 and ereb92-6 mutant ( s1 data ).; asterisks indicate significant difference compared to 2 hai (one-way anova followed by lsd tests * p <0 05) (tiff) click here for additional data file s1 table (xlsx) click here for additional data file s2 table (xlsx) click here for additional data file s3 table (xlsx) click here for additional data file s4 table (xlsx) click here for additional data file s5 table (xlsx) click here for additional data file s6 table (xlsx) click here for additional data file s1 data (xlsx) click here for additional data file. file s1 table (xlsx data availability the rna-seq data generated by this study are available in the geo database ( www ncbi nlm nih gov/geo/ ) under the accession number gse234833"

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"JYF received the support by Project of State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China (SKL-ZY202206) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, 32001446). QW received the support by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, 31971825). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript."