title: Expression of early genes in light-induced chloroplast differentiation of cultured plant cells.
abstract: The objective of this study was to identify genes, preferentially of the plastid, which are rapidly expressed during the initial phase of blue-light-induced chloroplast development in suspension-cultured cells (Chenopodium rubrum L.) and to analyse the encoded proteins. A cDNA library (lambda gt 10) was constructed using total RNA from plastid preparations of dark-grown cells exposed to blue light for 3, 6 and 12 h. By differential screening, at least three clones were identified which correspond to rapidly light-induced plastid genes. For these and a number of nuclear genes represented by other clones, a temporary accumulation of the specific mRNA was observed between 12 and 48 h of blue-light exposure. With regard to their nucleotide sequence and derived amino-acid sequence they seem to represent a novel group of genes distinctive in structure and encoded product.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Botanik, Universität Hannover, F.R.G.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Specht
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Richter
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D015723:Gene Library; D005796:Genes; D008027:Light; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA