title: A highly conserved alpha-tubulin sequence from Prunus amygdalus.
abstract: The sequence of an alpha-tubulin from Prunus amygdalus has been obtained by cDNA cloning. When this sequence is compared to that of the Tub alpha 1 gene from maize it shows a very high degree of similarity, much higher than any of the alpha-tubulin sequences reported so far from plants. The expression of this gene is high in the stages of seed development where a high divisional activity is present. It is preferentially expressed in the radicular tissues as it is gene Tub alpha 1 in maize. Southern analysis indicates that this gene may form a subfamily of alpha-tubulin genes having similar sequence and tissue specificity and existing at least in maize and in Prunus.
authors.affiliation: Unitat Mixta IRTA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stöcker
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garcia-Mas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arús
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Messeguer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Puigdomènech
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014404:Tubulin / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D014404:Tubulin