title: cDNA cloning of a tetraubiquitin gene, and expression of ubiquitin-containing transcripts, in aleurone layers of Avena fatua.
abstract: A lambda gt 11 cDNA library, constructed from poly(A)+ mRNA isolated from Avena fatua aleurone layers incubated with 1 microM gibberellin A1 (GA1) for 4 days, was screened with an anti-idiotypic antiserum raised against the GA-specific monoclonal antibody MAC 182. One positive clone was isolated, sequenced and shown to encode a tetraubiquitin based on the deduced amino acid sequence. This polyubiquitin cDNA exhibited a high degree of homology to a cloned wheat hexaubiquitin in its 3'-non-coding region. Analysis of total RNA isolated from A. fatua aleurone layers, treated without or with a range of concentrations of GA1 from 10(-11) to 10(-6) M, by northern blotting using the cDNA probe revealed 8 different ubiquitin-containing transcript classes all of which are constitutively expressed in aleurone and are regulated by GA1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bristol, UK.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hooley
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D006109:Poaceae / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014452:Ubiquitins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014452:Ubiquitins; D004247:DNA