title: A nonsymbiotic hemoglobin gene is expressed during somatic embryogenesis in Cichorium.
abstract: After differential screening of a cDNA library corresponding to genes expressed during the early stages of somatic embryogenesis in leaf tissue from the Cichorium hybrid '474' (C. intybus L., var. sativumxC. endivia L., var. latifolia) a nonsymbiotic hemoglobin cDNA was obtained. Studies of the expression of the gene corresponding to this clone by Northern blot analysis suggest that in Cichorium a nonsymbiotic hemoglobin gene is specifically expressed under somatic embryogenesis-inducing conditions, and that its expression is not related to stress caused by wounding or tissue culture conditions.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Agricultural University Wageningen, P. O. Box 386, 6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hendriks
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Scheer
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Quillet
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Randoux
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Delbreil
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vasseur
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hilbert
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D018651:Cichorium intybus / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics*; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000032:analysis; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006454:Hemoglobins