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THE PLANT CELL, Vol 2, Issue 7 673-684, Copyright © 1990 by American Society of Plant Biologists
Chitinase, [beta]-1,3-Glucanase Osmotin, and Extensin Are Expressed in Tobacco Explants during Flower Formation
A. D. Neale, J. A. Wahleithner, M. Lund, H. T. Bonnett, A. Kelly, D. R. Meeks-Wagner, W. J. Peacock and E. S. Dennis
Division of Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, G.P.O. Box 1600 Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Sequence analysis of five gene families that were isolated from tobacco
thin cell layer explants initiating floral development [Meeks-Wagner et al.
(1989). Plant Cell 1, 25-35] showed that two encode the
pathogenesis-related proteins basic chitinase and basic
[beta]-1,3-glucanase, while a third encodes the cell wall protein extensin,
which also accumulates during pathogen attack. Another sequence family
encodes the water stress-induced protein osmotin [Singh et al. (1989).
Plant Physiol. 90, 1096-1101]. We found that osmotin was also induced by
viral infection and wounding and, hence, could be considered a
pathogenesis-related protein. These genes, which were highly expressed in
explants during de novo flower formation but not in explants forming
vegetative shoots [Meeks-Wagner et al. (1989). Plant Cell 1, 25-35], were
also regulated developmentally in day-neutral and photoresponsive tobacco
plants with high expression levels in the roots and moderate- to low-level
expression in other plant organs including flowers. An unidentified gene
family, FB7-4, had its highest level of expression in the basal internodes.
Our findings indicate that these genes, some of which are conventionally
considered to encode pathogen-related proteins, also have a complex
association with normal developmental processes, including the floral
response, in healthy plants.
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