A cDNA Sequence Coding for a Glutamic Acid-Rich Protein Is Differentially Expressed in Cassava Storage Roots

Title: A cDNA Sequence Coding for a Glutamic Acid-Rich Protein Is Differentially Expressed in Cassava Storage Roots

Volume: 13 Issue: 7

Author(s): Claudia Regina Batista de Souza, Luiz Joaquim Castelo Branco Carvalho, Elionor Rita Pereira de Almeida and Eugen Silvano Gander

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Keywords: Cassava, gene expression, Pt2L4 protein, secondary growth, storage root formation

Abstract: We report the isolation and characterization of a cDNA sequence (Mec1) coding for a glutamic acid-rich protein (Pt2L4) from cassava storage roots. Comparative sequence analysis showed a high identity of Pt2L4 with cassava protein C54, which is expressed in vascular tissues of storage roots. Northern blot analysis showed that the Mec1 transcript expression pattern might be related to the maturation of the storage parenchyma cells.

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Regina Batista de Souza Claudia, Joaquim Castelo Branco Carvalho Luiz, Rita Pereira de Almeida Elionor and Silvano Gander Eugen, A cDNA Sequence Coding for a Glutamic Acid-Rich Protein Is Differentially Expressed in Cassava Storage Roots, Protein & Peptide Letters 2006; 13 (7) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986606777790494