Sequence analysis of a 40-kb Arabidopsis thaliana genomic region located at the top of chromosome 1.
Terryn N,
Gielen J,
De Keyser A,
Van Den Daele H,
Ardiles W,
Neyt P,
De Clercq R,
Coppieters J,
Déhais P,
Villarroel R,
Rouzé P,
Van Montagu M.
Laboratorium voor Genetica, Departement Genetica, Vlaams Interuniversitair Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Universiteit Gent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000, Gent, Belgium.
As a contribution to the European Scientists Sequencing Arabidopsis (BIOTECH ESSA) project, a contig of almost 40kb has been sequenced at the extreme top of chromosome 1, around the Arabidopsis thaliana gene coding for a member of the 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthesis gene family. The region contains, besides the ACS1 gene itself, 10 putative genes, all new for Arabidopsis. Among these are three genes encoding kinases, a late embryogenesis-abundant protein, a MADS box-containing protein, a dehydrogenase, and a Myb-related transcription factor. In addition, six cDNAs have been sequenced that correspond to this region.
PMID: 9666060 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]