| 11. | The aleurone tissue accumulates large quantities of oils and lipids that are useful during seed development.
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| 12. | In addition, the aleurone tissue contains many protein-storing vacuoles known as protein bodies.
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| 13. | In cereals with starchy endosperm, the aleurone contains about 30 % of the kernel's proteins.
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| 14. | This release of amylase is considered to be the most important and sole function of the aleurone layer.
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| 15. | In multicolored corn, anthocyanin pigments in the aleurone layer give the kernels a dark, bluish-black color.
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| 16. | Experiments conducted in the 1960s confirmed that in order for the aleurone layer to secrete starch-degrading enzymes, the embryo must be present.
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| 17. | The " cr4 " gene codes for a receptor kinase and so is involved in signal transduction pathways involving the fate of aleurone cells.
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| 18. | In grain ( rice, wheat, corn, etc . ) seeds, a layer of cells called the aleurone layer wraps around the endosperm tissue.
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| 19. | Mutants of the " dek1 " gene block the formation of aleurone and cause the cells to develop as starchy endosperm cells instead of aleurone cells.
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| 20. | Mutants of the " dek1 " gene block the formation of aleurone and cause the cells to develop as starchy endosperm cells instead of aleurone cells.
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