Replaces accession BQ294109

no significant blastx hits, no informative blastn hits
InterPro (nucleotide sequence entered): no hits

Repeat masker of the sequence showed no masked bp.

The sequence does not hit with a MAGI (4.0) sequence

MAGI sequenced BAC's blast results: The hits suggest that a paralog exists on a different BAC (the BAC's were pairwise blasted to indicate that they were in fact different). They resembled near identical paralogs.

>gb|AC186405.1| Zea mays chromosome UNK clone ZMMBBb-573N17; ZMMBBb0573N17, ***
              SEQUENCING IN PROGRESS ***, 18 unordered pieces
          Length = 125337

 Score = 1370 bits (691), Expect = 0.0
 Identities = 700/703 (99%)
 Strand = Plus / Minus
>gb|AC177912.1| Zea mays chromosome UNK clone CH201-142P5; ZMMBBc0142P05, ***
             SEQUENCING IN PROGRESS ***, 10 unordered pieces
          Length = 125066

 Score = 1176 bits (593), Expect = 0.0
 Identities = 635/649 (97%)
 Strand = Plus / Plus
MicroRNA database: no hits
NCBI maize genome blast: no hits
NCBI blastn of maize EST: expressed in Immature Ear and apex
*there is no evidence of alternative splicing
NCBI blastn of maize (htgs): confirmed the MAGI BAC results