"Zea mays" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A plant species of the family POACEAE. It is a tall grass grown for its EDIBLE GRAIN, corn, used as food and animal FODDER.
| Descriptor ID |
D003313
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.822.966
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| Concept/Terms |
Corn- Corn
- Indian Corn
- Corn, Indian
- Maize
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Zea mays" by people in Profiles.
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Sweet corn phytoglycogen dendrimers as a lyoprotectant for dry-state protein storage. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2024 12; 112(12):2026-2041.
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Two teosintes made modern maize. Science. 2023 12; 382(6674):eadg8940.
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Genome of Paspalum vaginatum and the role of trehalose mediated autophagy in increasing maize biomass. Nat Commun. 2022 12 13; 13(1):7731.
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A species-specific functional module controls formation of pollen apertures. Nat Plants. 2021 07; 7(7):966-978.
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Characterizing the Physical Properties and Cell Compatibility of Phytoglycogen Extracted from Different Sweet Corn Varieties. Molecules. 2020 Feb 01; 25(3).
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A less selfish view of genome size evolution in maize. PLoS Genet. 2018 05; 14(5):e1007249.
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Engineering starch accumulation by manipulation of phosphate metabolism of starch. Plant Biotechnol J. 2012 Jun; 10(5):545-54.
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Genome-wide association studies in plants: the missing heritability is in the field. Genome Biol. 2011 Oct 28; 12(10):232.
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Detailed analysis of a contiguous 22-Mb region of the maize genome. PLoS Genet. 2009 Nov; 5(11):e1000728.
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The B73 maize genome: complexity, diversity, and dynamics. Science. 2009 Nov 20; 326(5956):1112-5.