title: CRY-DASH gene expression is under the control of the circadian clock machinery in tomato.
abstract: Recently a new member of the blue-light photoreceptor family, CRY-DASH, was reported in Arabidopsis, though its distinctive biological functions are still unclear. We characterized the CRY-DASH gene of tomato and evidenced that its mRNA is expressed in both seeds and adult organs showing diurnal and circadian fluctuations. Moreover, the CRY-DASH transcription pattern is altered in both in a cry1a mutant and in a transgenic CRY2 overexpressor suggesting that CRY-DASH regulation must be mediated at least partially by an interaction of CRY1a and CRY2 with the timekeeping mechanism.
authors.affiliation: ENEA, Trisaia Research Center, S.S. 106 Jonica, 75026 Rotondella (MT), Italy.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Facella
authors.forename: Loredana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chiappetta
authors.forename: Maria Beatrice
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Bitonti
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giuliano
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perrotta
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000235:genetics*; D005420:Flavoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D005420:Flavoproteins