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Title: | Cloning and characterization of Fortune-1, a novel gene with enhanced expression in male reproductive organs of Cycas edentata | Authors: | Zhang, P. Pwee, K.-H. Tan, H.T.W. Kumar, P.P. |
Keywords: | Cycas Differential expression Dioecious plant Enhanced expression in male reproductive organs Fortune-1 Gymnosperm Helix-loop-helix motif Male cone development Sexual dimorphism |
Issue Date: | 2002 | Citation: | Zhang, P., Pwee, K.-H., Tan, H.T.W., Kumar, P.P. (2002). Cloning and characterization of Fortune-1, a novel gene with enhanced expression in male reproductive organs of Cycas edentata. Mechanisms of Development 114 (1-2) : 149-152. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0925-4773(02)00041-2 | Abstract: | To better understand the molecular mechanisms controlling development of sexual characters in Cycas edentata, we attempted to clone genes expressed differentially in male or female reproductive organs. We report a novel gene, named Fortune-1 (Ft-1), with enhanced expression in male reproductive organs. The 593-base-pair Ft-1 cDNA is predicted to encode a 77-amino-acid protein, and exists as a single copy gene in the C. edentata genome. Ft-1 expression is enhanced in male cones, including the cone axis, microsporophylls and microsporangia, but is reduced in ovules and undetectable in megasporophylls. Ft-1 is also weakly detectable in leaves. In roots and stems of C. edentata, Ft-1 transcripts are undetectable. The secondary structure prediction and homology search of Ft-1 protein show that it has a helix-loop-helix motif, and is without any homologue in the database. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. | Source Title: | Mechanisms of Development | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/100273 | ISSN: | 09254773 | DOI: | 10.1016/S0925-4773(02)00041-2 |
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