title: Organ-specific expression of different histone H3 and H4 gene subfamilies in developing and adult maize.
abstract: The steady-state levels of H3 and H4 mRNAs transcribed from three H3 and two H4 multigene subfamilies were studied during germination and in different organs of maize. During germination the five subfamilies are expressed in parallel to DNA synthesis, but a 5-fold difference in the quantity of mRNAs transcribed per gene copy was found from our subfamily to another. In adult plants H3 and H4 mRNA levels are highest in organs containing meristematic tissues but also high in non-proliferating tissues. No strict tissue specificity expression could be detected but some subfamilies show preferential expression in some tissues.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du C.N.R.S., Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chaubet
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Clément
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Philipps
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gigot
mesh_terms: D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000502:physiology; D006657:Histones / Q000235:genetics*; D007700:Kinetics; D005810:Multigene Family / Q000235:genetics; D003313:Zea mays / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D006657:Histones