title: Nucleotide sequence and molecular analysis of the low temperature induced cereal gene, BLT4.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence and derived amino acid sequence of a cDNA clone (BLT4) for a low temperature induced barley gene were determined. This gene, together with a small family of related genes, was shown to reside on chromosome 3. The BLT4 clone has homology with genes in wheat and oats. Its expression was studied in oats and in barley doubled haploid lines segregating for spring/winter habit and for frost hardiness. These analyses show that elevated steady state levels of BLT4 mRNA are produced in shoot meristematic tissue after 3 days low positive temperature treatment. The low temperature response was found in all barley doubled haploid lines and was therefore not associated specifically with either the spring/winter habit or frost hardiness. Elevated levels of BLT4 mRNA were also seen in drought-stressed barley and it is likely that this is a gene encoding a low molecular weight protein that is responsive to dehydrative stresses, such as cold and drought.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Pearce
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Quigley
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Jack
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D001467:Hordeum / Q000235:genetics*; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; C071568:BLT4 protein, Hordeum vulgare; D004247:DNA