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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2013, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (9): 62-71.

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Molecular Cloning and Expression Analysis of α-Expansin Genes in Anthocephalus chinensis

Ouyang Kunxi, Li Juncheng, Huang Hao, Liu Mingqian, Chen Xiaoyang   

  1. Guangdong Key Laboratory for Innovative Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm College of Forestry, South China Agricultural University Guangzhou 510642
  • Received:2012-12-24 Revised:2013-04-14 Online:2013-09-25 Published:2013-09-19

Abstract:

Fifteen cDNAs, designated as AcEXPA 2 to AcEXPA16 (GenBank accession No. JF922686-JF922700) with the corresponding genomic DNA sequences (GenBank accession No. JF922701-JF922715), were isolated by amplifying conserved domain binding with genomic walking and 3'RACE techniques from four differential tissues in Anthocephalus chinensis. The size and sequence of these α-expansin homologues including known AcEXPA1 were highly conserved, and had the same sequence structures as an N-terminal signal peptide, three exons and two introns. Their amino acid alignment and phylogenetic analysis showed that A. chinensis α-expansin genes were divided into four subgroups: A, B, C and D. A real-time quantitative PCR analysis showed that the transcript level of AcEXPA 1-16 was redundant in the same tissue and tissue-specific with each gene in different tissue, especially, the transcript level of AcEXPA 8 extremely high in the cambium region. These results suggest that AcEXPA 8 may play an important role in xylogenesis. This study on α-expansin genes from A. chinensis will lay the foundation for studying the relationship between α-expansin genes and growth rate and wood quality of the xylem in this fast-growing tree, and finally provide potential candidate genes for tree molecular breeding.

Key words: Anthocephalus chinensis, α-expansin, gene cloning, RT-qPCR

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