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Auxin-Regulated Gene Expression, Tom J. Guilfoyle
Auxin-Regulated Gene Expression, Tom J. Guilfoyle
Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS
A number of cDNA clones to independent mRNAs that increase in amount after brief exposure to auxins have been isolated. From soybean, sequenced, and characterized. Increases in mRNA abundance can be detected as early as 2.5 minutes after auxin application to excised elongating regions of soybean hypocotyls. Increased transcription rates on the genes which encode the auxin-responsive mRNAs account, at least partly, for the accumulation of mRNAs. A variety of auxins induce the accumulation of the mRNAs, but other plant hormones have no effect on the mRNA abundance. Some of the genes which encode the mRNAs are clustered in the …
Regulation Of Phytochrome Gene Expression, J. T. Colbert, S. A. Costigan, P. Avissar, Z. Zhao
Regulation Of Phytochrome Gene Expression, J. T. Colbert, S. A. Costigan, P. Avissar, Z. Zhao
Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS
In etiolated oat seedlings exposure to red light results in a decrease in the transcription of the phytochrome genes, the abundance of phytochrome mRNA, and the level of phytochrome protein. Phytochrome itself serves as the photoreceptor for the response of decreased mRNA and transcription levels. The decrease in phytochrome mRNA is sensitive to low levels of Pfr. Even green "safelight" is capable of inducing a decrease in phytochrome mRNA abundance. Barley phytochrome mRNA abundance is also dramatically down-regulated in response to red light but other plant species vary in their ability to decrease phytochrome mRNA abundance after red light treatment. …