title: Expression of SERK family receptor-like protein kinase genes in rice.
abstract: Some SERK-family receptor-like protein kinase genes have been shown to confer embryonic competence to cells. In this study, we isolated two novel rice genes, OsSERK1 and OsSERK2, belonging to the SERK-family. OsSERK2 showed constitutive expression. The OsSERK1 promoter showed reporter gene activities in some specific tissues in a germinating seed, leaf and root, but not in a developing embryo. This promoter activity suggests that OsSERK1 may have roles in non-embryonic tissues rather than in the embryo.
authors.affiliation: Plant Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Yata 1111, Mishima, Shizuoka-ken 411-8540, Japan.
authors.forename: Yukihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takaya
authors.forename: Nori
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kurata
mesh_terms: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005091:Exons; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D017343:Genes, Plant; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D018745:Genome, Plant; D007438:Introns; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012275:Oryza / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011494:Protein Kinases