title: Molecular characterization of OsRAD21-1, a rice homologue of yeast RAD21 essential for mitotic chromosome cohesion.
abstract: Rad21/Rec8 is an important component and key regulator of cohesins. A RAD21-like gene from rice (Oryza sativa L. ssp. japonica) has been cloned and termed OsRAD21-1. OsRAD21-1 is a single-copy gene in the rice genome and is expressed in the entire plant. OsRad21-1 consists of 1055 amino acid residues and is the largest of the Rad21/Rec8 family identified to date. Based on sequence similarity comparison with other members of this family and gene expression patterns, it is concluded that OsRad21 is a rice orthologue of yeast Rad21.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Research Center for Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China.
authors.forename: Liang-Ran
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jia-Yi
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Tai
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D018745:Genome, Plant; D008938:Mitosis / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins