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    Mol Gen Genet. 1998 Sep;259(4):345-53.

    Isolation and characterization of homologues of plant blue-light photoreceptor (cryptochrome) genes from the fern Adiantum capillus-veneris.

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    Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan. tkanegae@comp.metro-u.ac.jp

    Abstract

    Many blue-light mediated physiological responses have been studied in the fern Adiantum capillus-veneris. We have isolated genomic clones encoding sequences similar to those encoding blue-light photoreceptors (cryptochromes) in higher plants using the Arabidopsis CRY1 cDNA as a probe, and these positive clones fall into five independent groups. Using RACE procedures, we obtained full-length cDNA sequences for three of these five groups. The deduced amino acid sequences include the photolyase-homologous domain in the N-terminal half, and they also contain a C-terminal extension of about 200 amino acids in length. These structural features indicate that the genes indeed encode Adiantum cryptochromes and represent a small gene family having at least three members.

    PMID:
    9790588
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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