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  • 1
    ISSN: 1573-5028
    Keywords: anthocyanins ; cDNA cloning ; flavonoids ; gene expression ; genomic organization ; stilbenes ; Vitis vinifera L
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Genes involved in flavonoid and stilbene biosynthesis were isolated from grape (Vitis vinifera L.). Clones coding for phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), chalcone synthase (CHS), chalcone isomerase (CHI), flavanone 3-hydoxylase (F3H), dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR), leucoanthocyanidin dioxygenase (LDOX) and UDP glucose:flavonoid 3-O-glucosyl transferase (UFGT), were isolated by screening a cDNA library, obtained from mRNA from seedlings grown in light for 48 h using snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) and maize heterologous probes. A cDNA clone coding for stilbene synthase (StSy) was isolated by probing the library with a specific oligonucleotide. These clones were sequenced and when the putative products were compared to the published amino acid sequence for corresponding enzymes, the percentages of similarity ranged from 65% (UFGT) to 90% (CHS and PAL). The analysis of the genomic organization and expression of these genes in response to light shows that PAL and StSy genes belong to large multigene families, while the others are present in one to four copies per haploid genome. The steady-state level of mRNAs encoded by the flavonoid biosynthetic genes as determined in young seedlings is coordinately induced by light, except for PAL and StSy, which appear to be constitutively expressed.
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  • 2
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    Theoretical and applied genetics 46 (1975), S. 339-345 
    ISSN: 1432-2242
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary A conditional seedling lethal, monogenic recessive, endosperm mutant is described. Phenotypic can be accomplished when embryos are cultured in vitro on media supplemented with proline. The efficiency of the repair is proportional to the concentration of proline in the medium. Normal growth is resumed at a dose of 160 mg/l. All the data collected are most easily interpreted by assuming that the mutant, symbolized pro has a genetic block in the biosynthetic route leading to proline. This is probably the first case of a strict genetic requirement for an amino acid to be reported in Zea mays. The possible reasons for the difficulties encountered in isolating obligate auxotrophs in higher plants are briefly reviewed.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1617-4623
    Keywords: Flavonoids ; Light regulation ; Sn locus ; Tissue-specificity ; Zea mays
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary The Sn locus of maize is functionally similar to the R and B loci, in that Sn differentially controls the tissue-specific deposition of anthocyanin pigments in certain seedling and plant cells. We show that Sn shows molecular similarity to the R gene and have used R DNA probes to characterize several Sn alleles. Northern analysis demonstrates that all Sn alleles encode a 2.5 kb transcript, which is expressed in a tissue-specific fashion consistent with the distribution of anthocyanins. Expression of the Sn gene is light-regulated. However, the Sn: bol3 allele allows Sn mRNA transcription to occur in the dark, leading to pigmentation in dark-grown seedlings and cob integuments. We report the isolation of genomic and cDNA clones of the light-independent Sn: bol3 allele. Using Sn cDNA as a probe, the spatial and temporal expression of Sn has been examined. The cell-specific localization of Sn mRNA has been confirmed by in situ hybridization using labelled antisense RNA probes. According to its proposed regulatory role, expression of Sn precedes and, in turn, causes a coordinate and tissue-specific accumulation of mRNA of structural genes for pigment synthesis and deposition, such as A1 and C2. The functional and structural relationship between R, B, Lc and Sn is discussed in terms of an evolutionary derivation from a single ancestral gene which gave rise this diverse gene family by successive duplication events.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1573-6857
    Keywords: anthocyanin ; maize ; helix-loop-helix ; tissue specificity ; paramutation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The red and purple anthocyanin pigments of plants are visible genetic markers and their spatial and temporal accumulation is strictly regulated. Anthocyanin biosynthesis is also modulated by environmental factors such as light and temperature. Thus this process represents an appealing model system for the study of gene regulation, as well as for studying developmental biology. In maize, the pattern of pigmentation of the plant is controlled by theR, Sn andB genes, a small family of HLH transcription factors. Here we report the pattern of light induction and tissue specific expression of the regulatory and structural genes involved in this biosynthesis. TwoSn alleles differing in their light response have been considered and analyzed by Northern andin situ hybridization experiments. An unusual phenomenon of interaction between the homologousR andSn genes leading to a partial gene silencing is reported. We hypothesize a model in which silencing is achieved through methylation of specific sites.
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