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    Morphological, biochemical and molecular changes during ectomycorrhiza development (1991)
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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 47 (1991), S. 321-331 
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    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Keywords: Symbiosis ; ectomycorrhiza ; ectomycorrhiza development ; gene expression ; ectomycorrhizins ; protein patterns
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary An ectomycorrhiza, a specialized root organ, is the result of a complex interaction leading to a finely-tuned symbiosis between a plant and a compatible ectomycorrhizal fungus. Ultrastructural observations combined with cytochemical and biochemical studies reveal that structural and metabolic changes in the symbiont cells lead to the final phenotype of the active ectomycorrhiza. In the present review these changes are interpreted as changes in gene expression and discussed within the context of ectomycorrhiza development. Recent genetic data indicate that the continued vegetative growth of the ectomycorrhizal hyphae and the root tissues, and their ability to switch to symbiotic organ formation, is basically controlled by developmentally critical genes. The activity of these ‘symbiotic genes’ during the differentiation of ectomycorrhizas is associated with extensive changes in the concentration of particular polypeptides and protein biosynthesis. The present state of knowledge about the developmental biology of ectomycorrhizas allows only speculation about the events during their development.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01972073
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    Oxygen regulated gene expression in Escherichia coli: Control of anaerobic respiration by the FNR protein (1991)
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    Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 59 (1991), S. 65-76 
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    ISSN: 1572-9699
    Keywords: anaerobic respiration ; FNR protein ; oxygen regulation ; gene expression ; E. coli
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Molecular oxygen is an important regulatory signal in facultative anaerobic bacteria and controles the expression of a great variety of genes positively or negatively. The expression of anaerobic respiration and of related functions of E. coli is controlled by the positive gene regulator FNR, which activates transcription in the absence of O2. The regulated genes carry a FNR consensus sequence upstream of the promoter. Under the same conditions FNR represses some of the genes of aerobic respiration. The binding to the DNA occurs by an α-helix-turn-α-helix DNA-binding domain. FNR contains 5 cysteine residues, four of which are arranged in a cluster close to the N-terminal end. For the function of FNR as a O2-dependent regulator three of the cysteine residues in the cluster and the residue outside the cluster are essential. FNR binds iron as a cofactor which most likely is involved in the O2-sensing by the protein. The experiments indicate that the cysteine residues are responsible for the binding of the iron. From the protein in vivo two functional states can be differentiated, an aerobic or metal-depleted form and an anaerobic form. Only the anaerobic form acts as a gene activator or repressor. Sensing of O2 or of positive redox potentials by the iron ion is thought to cause the conversion of the two functional states. The FNR protein in addition contains a potential nucleotide binding domain. The significance and function of this site is not clear.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00445650
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    The human leukemia cell line, THP-1: A multifacetted model for the study of monocyte-macrophage differentiation (1991)
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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 47 (1991), S. 22-31 
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    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Keywords: Atherosclerosis ; cellular differentiation ; gene expression ; foam cells ; lipoproteins ; phorbol esters ; transcription factors
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary THP-1 is a human monocytic leukemia cell line. After treatment with phorbol esters, THP-1 cells differentiate into macrophage-like cells which mimic native monocyte-derived macrophages in several respects. Compared to other human myeloid cell lines, such as HL-60, U937, KG-1, or HEL cell lines, differentiated THP-1 cells behave more like native monocyte-derived macrophages. Because of these characteristics, the THP-1 cell line provides a valuable model for studying the mechanisms involved in macrophage differentiation, and for exploring the regulation of macrophage-specific genes as they relate to physiological functions displayed by these cells.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02041244
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    Production of pharmaceutical proteins in milk (1991)
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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 47 (1991), S. 905-912 
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    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Keywords: Gene transfer ; gene modification ; gene expression ; livestock ; transgenic animal ; pharmaceutical proteins ; milk composition
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract There is every reason to expect that it will be possible within the next few years to begin to use farm animals to produce large quantities of some of the human proteins that are needed for the treatment of disease. Revolutionary new opportunities for the production of novel proteins in milk have been created by the development of methods for gene transfer. Exploitation of these opportunities depends upon selection and cloning of milk protein genes and identification of the sequences that govern tissue specific hormonally induced expression in the mammary gland. Studies with three genes, ovine β-lactoglobulin, rat β-casein and whey acidic protein of rat and mouse, suggest that they may all meet this requirement. Fragments of the ovine β-lactoglobulin, murine whey acidic protein and rabbit β-casein genes have directed production of novel proteins in the milk of transgenic mice, sheep, rabbits and pigs. The proteins were biologically active and usually co-migrated with authentic proteins. In early experiments, protein concentration was low, but our recent observations suggest that fusion genes containing genomic clones direct production of concentrations of protein that are suitable for commercial exploitation. In the longer term, two approaches may offer the potential of more reliable expression. Control elements capable of directing expression that is independent of site of insertion of the gene, but dependent on the number of copies of the gene, have been identified for a small number of genes. The availability of such elements for the milk protein genes would increase the reliability of gene expression considerably. Alternatively, targeted mutation of genes may allow the insertion of coding sequences within an existing gene so avoiding position effects.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01929881
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    Transgenic regulation in laboratory animals (1991)
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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 47 (1991), S. 866-877 
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    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Keywords: Transgenic mice ; microinjection ; recombinant DNA ; gene expression ; transcription factors ; chromatin ; homologous recombination ; episomal maintenance ; embryonic stem cells ; germ line ; position-effect ; mosaicism ; globin genes
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract This chapter is an attempt to summarize some commonly accepted and some more subjective opinions about the regulation of transgene expression in laboratory animals. After a short historical introduction, I present some general notions regarding gene structure/function. The spotlight shifts then to the description of the most popular techniques for gene transfer, including the targeted gene replacement. The different approaches are briefly discussed in terms of intrinsic advantages and limitations regarding gene expression patterns. Furthermore, the role of enhancers, promoters and othercis-acting elements such as silencers and dominant control regions as well as their involvement in the chromatin on-off state are discussed on the basis of a specific example studied in our laboratory. The review concludes by presenting recent results and the new perspectives opening in the field of ‘surrogate’ (also called ‘reversed’) genetics. Some problems which remain to be solved both at the technical as well as at the social-ethical level are also briefly presented.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01929876
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    Gene transfer in plants of Brassica juncea using Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation (1991)
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    Plant cell reports 10 (1991), S. 308-314 
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    ISSN: 1432-203X
    Keywords: Agrobacterium tumefaciens ; Brassica juncea ; genetic transformation ; gene expression ; transgenic plants
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract An efficient system for gene transfer into plants of Brassica juncea var. India Mustard, mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. was developed through the manipulation of the culture medium and the use of the appropriate Agrobacterium strain. High frequency shoot regeneration (90–100%) was obtained from hypocotyl explants grown on medium containing 0.9% agarose, 3.3 mg/L AgNO3 and 0.5–2 mg/L BA in combination with 0.01–0.05 mg/L 2,4-D or 0.1–1 mg/L NAA. Of all the Agrobacterium strains tested, A. tumefaciens A208-SE, carrying the disarmed Ti plasmid and a binary vector pROA93, was the most effective for B. juncea transformation. pROA93 carries the coding sequences of the NPTII and the GUS genes, both driven by a common CaMV 35S promoter in two divergent directions. Inoculated explants grown on the selection medium in the presence of 0.5 mg/L BA and 0.1 mg/L NAA gave rise to transgenic shoots at the highest frequency (9%). All Ro transgenic plants were phenotypically normal, but variation in expression patterns of the GUS gene occurred among the transgenic plants in an organ- and tissue-specific manner. Both the NPTII and the GUS genes were transmitted to the R1 seed progeny and showed co-segregation.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00193148
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    Correlations between a nuclear and a mitochondrial mRNA of cytochrome c oxidase subunits, enzymatic activity and total mRNA content, in rat tissues (1991)
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    Molecular and cellular biochemistry 107 (1991), S. 21-29 
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    ISSN: 1573-4919
    Keywords: mitochondrial biogenesis ; cytochrome c oxidase ; mRNA quantitation ; gene expression
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Cytochrome c oxidase (COX), like other multi-subunit components of the respiratory chain, is controlled by both the nuclear and the mitochondrial genome. In order to find wether there is a close relationship between mRNAs encoded by the nucleus and by the mitochondrion, and between these mRNAs and enzyme activity, we compared six rat tissues (ventricle, liver, m. soleus, m. plantaris, and the white and red portions of m. gastrocnemius). We found a tenfold range for COX activity, a tenfold range for the contents of mRNA III (mitochondrial) and mRNA VIc (nuclear), a threefold range for total [poly(A)+] mRNA content and a sevenfold range for total RNA content in these tissues. The ratio of mRNA III to mRNA VIc was equal in each tissue, indicating the presence of a mechanism that coordinates the two genomes. There was a good correlation between mRNA content and COX activity (r = 0.78 for VIc, r = 0.77 for 111; p 〈 0.0001), demonstrating that the expression of this enzyme is mainly under pretranslational control.
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    Comparative study of the expression of Rb and p53 genes in human colorectal cancers, colon carcinoma cell lines and synchronized human fibroblasts (1991)
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    Molecular and cellular biochemistry 107 (1991), S. 55-63 
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    ISSN: 1573-4919
    Keywords: Rb and p53 genes ; gene expression ; colorectal cancers ; colon carcinoma cell lines ; cell cycle
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract We have compared the expression of the retinoblastoma (Rb) and p53 genes in normal human fibroblasts, colon carcinoma cell lines, matched pairs of colorectal tumor tissues and adjacent normal mucosa and in synchronized human diploid fibroblast cell line W138. The increased expression of Rb and p53 RNA was observed in a majority of colorectal cancers in comparison to adjacent normal mucosa and is accompanied by proportional increase in the expression of histone H3 gene. The Rb and p53 RNA levels varied significantly between the various colon carcinoma cell lines. However, we found that the expression of Rb and p53 RNA is regulated differently in cell cycle synchronized normal human fibroblasts. The Rb mRNA level did not change with the position in the cell cycle and did not differ significantly whether the cells were serum deprived or in 10% serum. But p53 mRNA expression follows the same pattern as histone H3 mRNA.
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    Effect of dexamethasone and cycloheximide on the expression of amplified EGF-receptor gene in human A431 carcinoma cell line (1991)
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    Molecular and cellular biochemistry 103 (1991), S. 149-154 
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    ISSN: 1573-4919
    Keywords: EGF-receptor gene ; gene expression ; cycloheximide ; dexamethasone and A431 carcinoma cell line
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Human A431 carcinoma cell line is known to have 30 fold amplified epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R) gene. We have studied the effect of steroid hormone dexamethasone (DEX) and protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide (CHX) on the expression of EGF-R gene in this cell line. DEX treatment and protein synthesis inhibition by CHX treatment cause a rapid 3 to 4 fold increase in the level of EGF-R mRNA and combined treatment of the above two agents have less than additive effect. It appears that mRNA for EGF-R accumulate within the cell during protein synthesis inhibition and upon removal of CHX, gets translated into EGF-R specific protein as judged by immuno-dot assay. We did not observe the phenomenon of ‘super induction’ nor much of an additive effect under condition of combined DEX and CHX treatment.
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    Adrenergic hormones and control of cardiac myocyte growth (1991)
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    Molecular and cellular biochemistry 104 (1991), S. 35-43 
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    ISSN: 1573-4919
    Keywords: α1-adrenergic receptors ; β-adrenergic receptors ; cardiac muscle ; cell culture ; gene expression ; protein kinase C
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The molecular mechanisms of cardiac myocyte growth are relevant to important problems in cardiovascular disease. A cell culture model has been developed to explore the role of adrenergic hormones in cardiac myocyte growth and gene expression. Activation of a cardiac myocyte α1-adrenergic receptor by catecholamines induces hypertrophic growth of neonatal rat cardiac myocytes and initiates selective increases in contractile protein gene transcription. These effects on growth and gene expression do not depend on contractile activity. The cardiac myocytes contain at least two subtypes of α1-adrenergic receptors and at least three isoforms of protein kinase C (PKC). A distinct α1 receptor subtype may mediate hypertrophy and gene transcription. Different isoforms of PKC are translocated to different intracellular sites on activation, and there is evidence that the β-PKC isoform may be an element in the signal transduction pathway from an α1 receptor at the surface to the cardiac myocyte nucleus. Growth regulation through a β-adrenergic receptor can also be demonstrated in the culture model. The growth response mediated through a β-adrenergic receptor differs in several respects from that transduced through an al adrenergic receptor.
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    Differential expression of insulin-like growth factor-I and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 in the diabetic rat (1991)
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    Molecular and cellular biochemistry 103 (1991), S. 41-50 
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    ISSN: 1573-4919
    Keywords: insulin-like growth factor-1 ; binding proteins ; diabetes ; gene expression
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Multiple factors contribute to the growth retardation which is a characteristic feature of uncontrolled diabetes. In this report we have examined the effects of streptozotocin-induced (STZ) diabetes on expression of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) in various tissues. As early as 7 days after STZ administration there was a modest reduction in IGF-I mRNA abundance. The reduction (10–30%) was of similar magnitude in each of the 7 tissues examined; liver, kidney, lung, diaphragm, quadraceps, heart and adipose tissue. However, the reduction achieved statistical significance only in the lung (p 〈 0.05) and diaphragm (p 〈 0.01). A further reduction in IGF-I mRNA abundance was seen in many tissues, 32 and 91 days after STZ administration. In contrast to the decrease in IGF-I mRNA, IGFBP-1 mRNA was significantly increased in the liver and kidney of diabetic rats. IGFBP-1 mRNA was detectable at only very low levels in other tissues but was increased in diabetic rats compared non-diabetic rats. In diabetic rats, a highly significant correlation (R = 0.75, p 〈 0.001) between hepatic IGFBP-1 mRNA and glucose was observed whereas there was no significant correlation between serum glucose and hepatic IGF-I mRNA abundance (R = 0.24, p = NS). Treatment of diabetic rats with insulin resulted in a small, non significant increase in hepatic and renal IGF-I mRNA and a significant decrease in renal IGFBP-1 mRNA abundance. The observations reported here are consistent with the hypothesis that diminished IGF-I expression and inhibition of available IGF-1 by increased levels of IGFBP-1 may explain the impaired growth seen in diabetic animals.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00229592
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    Blue light is required for survival of the tomato phytochrome-deficient aurea mutant and the expression of four nuclear genes coding for plastidic proteins (1991)
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    Plant molecular biology 16 (1991), S. 293-299 
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    ISSN: 1573-5028
    Keywords: blue light ; phytochrome ; gene expression ; signal transduction chain
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract When dark-grown aurea mutant tomato seedlings which lack more than 95% of the phytochrome present in isogenic wild-type seedlings are kept in white or blue light, four nuclear-encoded transcripts coding for plastidic proteins (the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-binding protein of photosystem I and II [cab-PSII], plastocyanin and subunit 2 of photosystem I) are present in comparable amounts. These transcript levels in red light are strongly reduced in aurea seedlings when compared with those of wild type. Thus, blue light is required for normal expression of these genes in the mutant, while red light alone is not sufficient. Red light-grown aurea seedlings are very sensitive to blue light, even 10 minutes of blue light every day suffices to cause a measurable increase in cab-PSII transcript level. The action of blue light on the expression of cab-PSII in the mutant is under phytochrome control. After 8 days of blue light, phytochrome is almost as effective in inducing cab-PSII mRNA as in the isogenic wild type, whereas after 8 days of red light, only a small phytochrome response was observed in the mutant. It is concluded that blue light sensitizes the mutant to the residual phytochrome which allows normal gene expression and survival of the mutant under daylight conditions.
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    Limited expression of a diverged β-tubulin gene during soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) development (1991)
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    Plant molecular biology 16 (1991), S. 225-234 
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    ISSN: 1573-5028
    Keywords: β-tubulin ; gene expression ; developmental regulation ; light regulation
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract We examined the developmental expression of a diverged soybean β-tubulin gene (designated sb-1), which had been cloned and sequenced previously. A probe specific for the sb-1 gene was constructed from the 3′ transcribed untranslated sequence. As a control, a more general probe for β-tubulin genes and their transcripts was constructed from a highly conserved region of the third exon of another soybean β-tubulin gene, sb-2. Poly(A)+ RNA, extracted from various soybean tissues and organs, was probed alternatively with the sb-1 gene-specific probe and with the generic β-tubulin probe. Levels of β-tubulin transcripts recognized by the generic probe differed by a factor of approximately 3 in the different tissues and organs and varied with the state of organ development. Highest levels were found in young, unexpanded leaves and they decreased as leaf maturation occurred. In contrast, transcripts of sb-1 were nearly undetectable in young leaves, and they increased as leaf maturation occurred. Levels of sb-1 transcript were low in all organs of the light-grown plant examined, except the hypocotyl, where they were approximately 10-fold higher. However, the highest levels of sb-1 transcripts were observed in elongating hypocotyls of etiolated seedlings. Exposure of six-day-old etiolated seedlings to light for 12 hours halted further hypocotyl elongation and brought about a dramatic, nearly 100-fold, decrease in the steady-state level of sb-1 transcripts.
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    Isolation and analysis of cDNA encoding the 33 kDa precursor protein of the oxygen-evolving complex of potato (1991)
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    Plant molecular biology 17 (1991), S. 157-160 
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    Keywords: gene expression ; photosystem II ; Solanum tuberosum
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    Stress responses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) 12. Sequence analysis of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) cDNA clones and appearance of PAL transcripts in elicitor-treated cell cultures and developing plants (1991)
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    Plant molecular biology 17 (1991), S. 415-429 
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    Keywords: L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase mRNA ; fungal elicitor ; gene expression
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    Notes: Abstract An expression library containing cDNAs derived from transcripts from fungal elicitor-treated alfalfa cell suspension cultures was screened with an antiserum raised against phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) from alfalfa. A single immunoreactive clone was isolated which encoded a full-length PAL cDNA (APAL1) consisting of a 2175 bp open reading frame, 96 bp 5′-untranslated leader and 128 bp 3′-noncoding region. The deduced amino acid sequence was 86.5% similar to that of the PAL2 gene of bean, and encoded a polypeptide ofM r 78865. A second PAL cDNA species was isolated, whose 3′-untranslated region was 86% identical to that of APAL1. Southern blot analysis indicated that PAL is encoded by a small multigene family in alfalfa. PAL transcript levels were rapidly and massively induced, and preceded increased PAL extractable activity, on exposure of alfalfa suspension cells to elicitor from baker's yeast. PAL transcripts were most abundant in roots, stems and petioles during growth and development of alfalfa seedlings. These studies provide the basis for an examination of the developmental and environmental control of a key enzyme of phenylpropanoid synthesis in a plant species which is readily amenable to stable genetic transformation.
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    Regulation of Agrobacterium tumefaciens T-cyt gene expression in leaves of transgenic potato (Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Désirée) is strongly influenced by plant culture conditions (1991)
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    Plant molecular biology 17 (1991), S. 711-725 
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    ISSN: 1573-5028
    Keywords: Agrobacterium tumefaciens ; crown gall ; gene expression ; genomic position effects ; Solanum tuberosum L. ; T-cyt
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    Notes: Abstract The promoter region of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens T-cyt gene was linked in a translational fusion to the coding DNA of the reporter gene uidA (for β-glucuronidase or GUS protein; EC 3.2.1.31) and to nos 3′ flanking DNA. The chimaeric gene was introduced by Agrobacterium transformation into potato (Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Désirée). In nine transgenic lines, the average GUS levels were highest in extracts from stems and roots of in vitro grown plants (ca. 11 000 GUS activity units per pmol MU per mg protein per min) but lower in leaves of the in vitro grown plants (ca. 7000 units). GUS activity was intermediate in stems and roots of plants grown in soil as well as in in vitro crown galls (ca. 3000 units). Activity was low in tubers, irrespective of whether these developed in vitro or in soil (both ca. 100 units), and lowest of all in leaves of soil-grown plants (ca. 10–15 units). However, in shoot cultures reestablished from soil-grown plants, GUS activity in the leaves increased to that determined in the original shoot cultures. Hence, plant culture conditions strongly influenced the expression of the T-cyt-uidA-nos gene. In particular, it was silenced in leaves of soil-grown plants. The results are compared with previous analyses of the promoter region of the wild-type T-cyt gene and with the growth properties of a large number of crown gall cell lines and crown-gall-derived plants, including over forty S. tuberosum cv. Désirée cell lines isolated in the present study that were transformed with the wild-type T-cyt gene and six promoter-mutated derivatives. A number of implications are discussed for crown gall formation and for control of expression of plant genes which contain Activator or G-box type 5′ expression control sequences.
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    Expression of photosynthesis genes in the cyanobacteriumSynechocystis sp. PCC 6803:psaA-psaB andpsbA transcripts accumulate in dark-grown cells (1991)
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    Plant molecular biology 17 (1991), S. 959-971 
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    ISSN: 1573-5028
    Keywords: gene expression ; heterotrophic growth ; leucine zipper ; photosystem I ; photosystem II
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    Notes: Abstract We have cloned and sequenced thepsaA andpsaB genes from the unicellular cyanobacteriumSynechocystis sp. PCC 6803. These genes are arranged in tandem, are co-transcribed, and are highly homologous to thepsaA andpsaB genes previously characterized. RNA was isolated from light-grown cells, from cells put in total darkness with and without glucose, and from cells grown under light-activated heterotrophic growth (LAHG) conditions. Quantitation of hybridization to northern blots revealed only a slight decrease in the accumulation of thepsaA-psaB transcript in cells grown in complete darkness with glucose and in LAHG cells, relative to light-grown cells. Accumulation of thepsbA transcript steadily declines through dark incubation, with a steady-state level in LAHG cells 28% of that in light-grown cells. Transcripts frompsbD, psaD, andrbcLS accumulate in cells grown in complete darkness and in LAHG cells to approximately the same levels as in light-grown cells. Photosynthesis gene transcripts in cells grown in the dark without glucose were detected, but were highly degraded. Our data prove that transcripts from photosynthesis genes do accumulate in dark-grownSynechocystis 6803, which may allow for synthesis and assembly of photosystem (PS) I and PS II in the dark.
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    Water deficit modulates gene expression in growing zones of soybean seedlings. Analysis of differentially expressed cDNAs, a new β-tubulin gene, and expression of genes encoding cell wall proteins (1991)
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    Plant molecular biology 17 (1991), S. 591-608 
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    Keywords: hormones ; gene expression ; soybean ; water deficit ; tubulin ; cell wall proteins
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    Notes: Abstract Transfer of soybean seedlings to low-water-potential vermiculite (ψw = −0.3 MPa) results in a reversible decrease in hypocotyl growth and modulation of several polysomal mRNAs (Plant Physiol 92: 205–214). We report here the isolation of two cDNA clones (pGE16 and pGE95) which correspond to genes whose mRNA levels are increased, and one cDNA clone (pGE23) which corresponds to a gene whose mRNA level is decreased in the hypocotyl zone of cell elongation by water deficit. In well-watered seedlings mRNAs hybridizing to pGE16 and pGE95 are most abundant in mature regions of the seedling, but in water-deficient seedlings mRNA levels are reduced in mature regions and enhanced in elongating regions. RNA corresponding to soybean proline-rich protein 1 (sbPRP1) shows a similar tissue distribution and response to water deficit. In contrast, in well-watered seedlings, the gene corresponding to pGE23 was highly expressed in the hypocotyl and root growing zones. Transfer of seedlings to low-water-potential vermiculite caused a rapid decrease in mRNA hybridizing to pGE23. Sequence analysis revealted that pGE23 has high homology with β-tubulin. Water deficit also reduced the level of mRNA hybridizing to JCW1, an auxin-modulated gene, although with different kinetics. Furthermore, mRNA encoding actin, glycine-rich proteins (GRPs), and hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs) were down-regulated in the hypocotyl zone of elongation of seedlings exposed to water deficit. No effect of water deficit was observed on the expression of chalcone synthase. Decreased expression of β-tubulin, actin, JCW1, HRGP and GRP and increased expression of sbPRP1, pGE95 and pGE16 in the hypocotyl zone of cell elongation could participate in the reversible growth inhibition observed in water-deficient soybean seedlings.
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    A novel proline-rich protein from wheat (1991)
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    Plant molecular biology 16 (1991), S. 663-670 
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    Keywords: gene expression ; proline-rich protein ; wheat
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    Notes: Abstract A cDNA (WPRP1) encoding a wheat proline-rich protein has been isolated and sequenced. The amino acid composition shows 45% proline, with high levels of methionine, lysine and glutamic acid. The derived 378 residue amino acid sequence has a highly repetitive structure which is unlike those of other proline-rich proteins. The WPRP1 cDNA clone was used to determine the copy number and chromosomal location of the WPRP1 gene by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of wheat inbred lines. Although WPRP1 is encoded by a single-copy gene it is also a representative of a larger family of related sequences. RNA gel blot analysis showed that expression of WPRP1 is highest in rapidly growing tissue which together with its amino acid composition suggests a structural role for the encoded protein.
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    Expression of inducible angiosperm promoters in a gymnosperm,Picea glauca (white spruce) (1991)
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    Plant molecular biology 17 (1991), S. 19-27 
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    Keywords: conifer ; gene expression ; heterologous promoters ; inducible promoter activity ; particle acceleration ; transient assay
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    Notes: Abstract Electrical discharge particle acceleration was used to test the transient expression of numerous inducible angiosperm promoters in a gymnospermPicea glauca (white spruce). Promoter expression was assayed in three different tissues capable ofin vitro regeneration, zygotic embryos, seedlings and embryogenic callus. The promoters tested include the light-inducibleArabidopsis and soybean ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate small subunit promoters and a maize phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase promoter; a soybean heat-shock-inducible promoter, a soybean auxin inducible promoter and a maize alcohol dehydrogenase promoter. Promoters were cloned into a promoter-less expression vector to form a promoter-β-glucuronidase-nopaline synthase 3′ fusion. A similar construct was made using the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S (CaMV 35S) promoter as a control. All promoters were expressed in white spruce embryos, yet at levels lower than CaMV 35S. In addition, in the embryos the heat-shock and the alcohol dehydrogenase promoters showed inducible expression when given the proper induction stimulus. In seedlings, expression of all promoters was lower than in the embryos and expression was only inducible with the heat-shock promoter in the cotyledons. Of the tissues tested, the expression level of all promoters was lowest in embryogenic callus. Interestingly, the expression of the β-glucuronidase gene in embryogenic callus was restricted to the proembryonal head cells regardless of the promoter used. These results clearly demonstrate the use of particle bombardment to test the transient expression of heterologous promoters in organized tissue and the expression of angiosperm promoters in a gymnosperm.
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    An ethylene-responsive flower senescence-related gene from carnation encodes a protein homologous to glutathione s-transferases (1991)
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    Plant molecular biology 17 (1991), S. 277-281 
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    Keywords: carnation ; Dianthus caryophyllus ; ethylene ; gene expression ; glutathione s-transferase ; senescence
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    Notes: Abstract Carnation flower petal senescence is associated with the expression of specific senescence-related mRNAs, several of which were previously cloned [5]. The cDNA clone pSR8 represents a transcript which accumulates specifically in senescing flower petals in response to ethylene. Here we report the structural characterization of this cDNA. A second cDNA clone was isolated based on shared sequence homology with pSR8. This clone, pSR8.4, exhibited an overlapping restriction endonuclease map with pSR8 and contained an additional 300 nucleotides. Primer extension analysis revealed the combined cDNAs to be near full-length and the transcript to accumulate in senescing petals. Analysis of the nucleotide sequence of SR8 cDNAs revealed an open reading frame of 220 amino acids sufficient to encode a 25 kDa polypeptide. Comparison of the deduced polypeptide sequence of pSR8 with other peptide sequences revealed significant similarity with glutathione s-transferases from a variety of organisms. The predicted polypeptide sequence shared 44%, 53% and 52% homology with GSTs from maize, Drosophila and man, respectively. We discuss our results in relation to the biochemistry of flower petal senescence and the possible role of glutathione s-transferase in this developmental process.
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    Wound-regulated accumulation of specific transcripts in tomato fruit: interactions with fruit development, ethylene and light (1991)
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    Plant molecular biology 17 (1991), S. 453-464 
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    Keywords: ethylene ; fruit repening ; gene expression ; light ; Lycopersicon ; wounding
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    Notes: Abstract Regulation of three cDNA clones (pT52, pT53, and pT58) was analyzed in terms of wounding alone and wounding in conjunction with developmental and environmental cues (ripening, ethylene, and light) in tomato fruit tissue. The pT52-specific transcript level is induced by wounding in early-red and red stage fruit and by ethylene. The pT58-specific transcript level is also induced by wounding and ethylene in early-red stage fruit but is not induced by wounding in red fruit. The pT53-specific transcript level is repressed by wounding in early-red and red stage fruit. Like the pT52- and pT58-specific transcripts, the pT53-specific transcript is induced by ethylene. Furthermore, the level of the pT52-specific transcript is regulated by light. Analysis of unwounded tissue showed that the abundance of each cdNA-specific transcript changes during fruit ripening and that each of the transcripts is present in other plant organs as well. This analysis provides information about the interactions between developmental and environmental factors affecting these genes.
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    Expression of a bacterial lysine decarboxylase gene and transport of the protein into chloroplasts of transgenic tobacco (1991)
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    Plant molecular biology 17 (1991), S. 475-486 
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    Keywords: Nicotiana tabacum ; plant transformation ; gene expression ; bacterial lysine decarboxylase ; protein transport ; chloroplasts ; cadaverine
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    Notes: Abstract A possible approach for altering alkaloid biosynthesis in plants is the expression of genes encoding key enzymes of a pathway such as lysine decarboxylase (ldc) in transgenic plants. Two strategies were followed here: one focused on expression of the gene in the cytoplasm, the other on subsequent targeting of the protein to the chloroplasts. Theldcgene fromHafnia alvei was therefore (a) placed under the control of the 1′ promoter of the bidirectional Tr promoter fromAgrobacterium tumefaciens Ti- plasmid, and (b) cloned behind therbcS promoter from potato fused to the coding region of therbcS transit peptide. Bothldc constructs, introduced intoNicotiana tabacum with the aid ofA. tumefaciens, were integrated into the plant genome and transcribed as shown by Southern and northern hybridization. However, LDC activity was only detectable in plants expressing mRNA under the control of therbcS promoter directing the LDC fusion protein into chloroplasts with the aid of the transit peptide domain. In plants expressing the processed bacterial enzyme cadaverine levels increased from nearly zero to 0.3–1% of dry mass.
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    Structure, expression, chromosomal location and product of the gene encoding ADH1 inPetunia (1991)
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    Plant molecular biology 17 (1991), S. 37-48 
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    Keywords: alcohol dehydrogenase ; anaerobiosis ; chromosome mapping ; gene expression ; Petunia hybrida ; plant development
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    Notes: Abstract A genomic clone for an alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) gene has been isolated fromPetunia hybrida cv. V30 by screening aPetunia genomic library with a maizeAdh1 probe. A combination of RFLP and allozyme segregation data failed to demonstrate which of twoAdh loci, both of which map to chromosome 4, was the source of the cloned gene. The product of the cloned genes has been identified unequivocally by a transient expression assay inPetunia protoplasts. We have designated this genePetunia Adh1. The expression of this gene is tightly regulated in the developing anther, where its gene product is the predominant ADH isozyme. It is anaerobically inducible in roots, stems and leaves of seedlings. The induction of enzyme activity is correlated with induction ofAdh1 mRNA.
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    Expression and stability of amplified genes encoding 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase in glyphosate-tolerant tobacco cells (1991)
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    Plant molecular biology 17 (1991), S. 1127-1138 
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    Keywords: tobacco ; 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase ; cDNA clone ; gene expression ; gene amplification ; glyphosate ; cell culture ; tolerance
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    Notes: Abstract Two distinct cDNAs for 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) were obtained from a glyphosate-tolerant tobacco cell line. The cDNAs were 89% identical and the predicted sequences of the mature proteins were greater than 83% identical with EPSPS proteins from other plants. Tobacco EPSPS proteins were more similar to those from tomato and petunia than Arabidopsis. One cDNA clone, EPSPS-1, represented a gene that was amplified in glyphosate-tolerant cells, while the gene for EPSPS-2 was unaltered in these cells. Consequently, EPSPS-1 mRNA was more abundant in tolerant than unselected cells, whereas EPSPS-2 mRNA was at relatively constant levels in these cell lines. Exposure of unselected cells and tobacco leaves to glyphosate produced a transient increase in EPSPS mRNA. However, glyphosate-tolerant cells containing amplified copies of EPSPS genes did not show a similar response following exposure to glyphosate. A significant proportion of the EPSPS gene amplification was maintained when tolerant cells were grown in the absence of glyphosate for eight months. Plants regenerated from these cells also contained amplified EPSPS genes.
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    Multiple forms of DNA-methylases from hepatic nuclei of animals in health and disease (1991)
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    Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine 111 (1991), S. 47-50 
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    Keywords: DNA-methylase ; multiple forms ; hydrophobic properties ; gene expression
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    Regulation of proenkephalin A gene expression in aggregating fetal rat brain cells (1991)
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    Cellular and molecular neurobiology 11 (1991), S. 245-251 
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    Keywords: enkephalin ; mRNA ; depolarization ; gene expression ; aggregating cells ; neuronal cell culture
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    Notes: Summary 1. Aggregating fetal rat brain cells express a significant amount of proenkephalin A (PENK) mRNA, and a selective radioimmunoassay shows that this mRNA is also translated into enkephalins. 2. Depolarization with potassium chloride (KC1) or veratridine increases the expression of PENK mRNA in a time-dependent fashion, with a maximal increase of sixfold. It is interesting, however, that depolarization of the same cultures with KC1 has no effect on the expression of prodynorphin mRNA. 3. An increase in PENK mRNA levels has been also observed in cultures treated with 8-Br-cAMP, phorbol 12-myristate-13-acetate (TPA), or dexamethasone. 4. However, incubation of the cultures with the opioid agonist etorphine or the antagonist naltrexone did not alter PENK gene expression, suggesting that there is not feedback control of opioids on PENK biosynthesis in these cells. 5. The increase in PENK mRNA in depolarized and in TPA-, dexamethasone-, or 8-Br-cAMP-treated cultures was not accompanied by a significant increase in the amount of free immunoreactive met-enkephalin. Fetal brain cell cultures are therefore a useful neuronal model system for studying the mechanism that regulated the expression of PENK mRNA.
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