title: Inflorescence-specific genes from Arabidopsis thaliana encoding glycine-rich proteins.
abstract: Genomic and cDNA clones for three inflorescence-specific genes from Arabidopsis thaliana were isolated and characterized. The genes are tandemly organized in the genome on a 10 kb fragment. The expression of these genes is coordinately regulated in a developmental and organ-specific pattern. They are expressed predominantly in anthers at the later stage of flower development. The primary structure of the encoded gene products exhibits comparable features consisting of a hydrophobic domain at the N-terminal region followed by repeated glycine-rich motifs. Little homology is observed either between the glycine-rich domain of the three genes or with previously described glycine-rich proteins from other plant species.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: L O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Simoens
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seurinck
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Coppieters
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Botterman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van Montagu
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D017343:Genes, Plant; D015698:Genomic Library; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017421:Sequence Analysis; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D010940:Plant Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C071359:GRP protein, Arabidopsis