Limited expression of a diverged beta-tubulin gene during soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) development.
Limited expression of a diverged beta-tubulin gene during soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) development.
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大豆 (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) 发育过程中分化的 β-微管蛋白基因的有限表达。
DOI:
10.1007/bf00020554
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发表时间:
1991
影响因子:
5.1
通讯作者:
Fosket,DE
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作者:
Han,IS;Jongewaard,I;Fosket,DE
We examined the developmental expression of a diverged soybean β-tubulin gene (designatedsb-1), which had been cloned and sequenced previously. A probe specific for thesb-1gene was constructed from the 3′ transcribed untranslated sequence. As a control, a more general probe for β-tubulin genes and their transcripts was constructed from a highly conserved region of the third exon of another soybean β-tubulin gene,sb-2. Poly(A)+RNA, extracted from various soybean tissues and organs, was probed alternatively with thesb-1gene-specific probe and with the generic β-tubulin probe. Levels of β-tubulin transcripts recognized by the generic probe differed by a factor of approximately 3 in the different tissues and organs and varied with the state of organ development. Highest levels were found in young, unexpanded leaves and they decreased as leaf maturation occurred. In contrast, transcripts ofsb-1were nearly undetectable in young leaves, and they increased as leaf maturation occurred. Levels ofsb-1transcript were low in all organs of the light-grown plant examined, except the hypocotyl, where they were approximately 10-fold higher. However, the highest levels ofsb-1transcripts were observed in elongating hypocotyls of etiolated seedlings. Exposure of six-day-old etiolated seedlings to light for 12 hours halted further hypocotyl elongation and brought about a dramatic, nearly 100-fold, decrease in the steady-state level ofsb-1transcripts.