|
THE PLANT CELL, Vol 7, Issue 6 747-757, Copyright © 1995 by American Society of Plant Biologists
Molecular Characterization of BET1, a Gene Expressed in the Endosperm Transfer Cells of Maize
G. Hueros, S. Varotto, F. Salamini and R. D. Thompson
Max-Planck-Institut fur Zuchtungsforschung, Carl-von-Linne-Weg 10, D-50829 Cologne, Germany
A cDNA clone, BET1 (for basal endosperm transfer layer), was isolated from
a cDNA bank prepared from 10-days after pollination (DAP) maize endosperm
mRNA. BET1 mRNA was shown to encode a 7-kD cell wall polypeptide. Both the
mRNA and protein were restricted in their distribution to the basal
endosperm transfer layer and were not expressed elsewhere in the plant.
BET1 expression commenced at 9 DAP, reached a maximum between 12 and 16
DAP, and declined after 16 DAP. The initial accumulation of the BET1
polypeptide reached a plateau by 16 DAP and declined thereafter, becoming
undetectable by 20 DAP. The antibody raised against the BET1 protein
reacted with a number of polypeptides of higher molecular mass than the
BET1 monomer. Most of these were present in cytosolic fractions and were
found in nonbasal cell endosperm extracts, but three species appeared to be
basal cell specific. This result and the reactivity of exhaustively
extracted cell wall material with the BET1 antibody suggest that a fraction
of the protein is deposited in a covalently bound form in the extracellular
matrix. We propose that the BET1 protein plays a role in the structural
specialization of the transfer cells. In addition, BET1 provides a new
molecular marker for the development of this endosperm domain.
This article has been cited by other articles:
|
|
|
|
 
B.-H. Kang, Y. Xiong, D. S. Williams, D. Pozueta-Romero, and P. S. Chourey
Miniature1-Encoded Cell Wall Invertase Is Essential for Assembly and Function of Wall-in-Growth in the Maize Endosperm Transfer Cell
Plant Physiology,
November 1, 2009;
151(3):
1366 - 1376.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
E. Gomez, J. Royo, L. M. Muniz, O. Sellam, W. Paul, D. Gerentes, C. Barrero, M. Lopez, P. Perez, and G. Hueros
The Maize Transcription Factor Myb-Related Protein-1 Is a Key Regulator of the Differentiation of Transfer Cells
PLANT CELL,
July 1, 2009;
21(7):
2022 - 2035.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. Nardmann, R. Zimmermann, D. Durantini, E. Kranz, and W. Werr
WOX Gene Phylogeny in Poaceae: A Comparative Approach Addressing Leaf and Embryo Development
Mol. Biol. Evol.,
November 1, 2007;
24(11):
2474 - 2484.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. F. Gutierrez-Marcos, M. Dal Pra, A. Giulini, L. M. Costa, G. Gavazzi, S. Cordelier, O. Sellam, C. Tatout, W. Paul, P. Perez, et al.
empty pericarp4 Encodes a Mitochondrion-Targeted Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein Necessary for Seed Development and Plant Growth in Maize
PLANT CELL,
January 1, 2007;
19(1):
196 - 210.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
G. CONSONNI, G. GAVAZZI, and S. DOLFINI
Genetic Analysis as a Tool to Investigate the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Seed Development in Maize
Ann. Bot.,
September 1, 2005;
96(3):
353 - 362.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
O.-A. Olsen
Nuclear Endosperm Development in Cereals and Arabidopsis thaliana
PLANT CELL,
June 1, 2004;
16(suppl_1):
S214 - S227.
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. F. Gutierrez-Marcos, L. M. Costa, C. Biderre-Petit, B. Khbaya, D. M. O'Sullivan, M. Wormald, P. Perez, and H. G. Dickinson
maternally expressed gene1 Is a Novel Maize Endosperm Transfer Cell-Specific Gene with a Maternal Parent-of-Origin Pattern of Expression
PLANT CELL,
May 1, 2004;
16(5):
1288 - 1301.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J.-F. Bonello, S. Sevilla-Lecoq, A. Berne, M.-C. Risueno, C. Dumas, and P. M. Rogowsky
Esr proteins are secreted by the cells of the embryo surrounding region
J. Exp. Bot.,
July 1, 2002;
53(374):
1559 - 1568.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P. Becraft and Y Asuncion-Crabb
Positional cues specify and maintain aleurone cell fate in maize endosperm development
Development,
January 9, 2000;
127(18):
4039 - 4048.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
G. Hueros, E. Gomez, N. Cheikh, J. Edwards, M. Weldon, F. Salamini, and R. D. Thompson
Identification of a Promoter Sequence from the BETL1 Gene Cluster Able to Confer Transfer-Cell-Specific Expression in Transgenic Maize
Plant Physiology,
December 1, 1999;
121(4):
1143 - 1152.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. Royo, E. Gomez, and G. Hueros
A Maize Homologue of the Bacterial CMP-3-Deoxy-D-manno-2-octulosonate (KDO) Synthetases. SIMILAR PATHWAYS OPERATE IN PLANTS AND BACTERIA FOR THE ACTIVATION OF KDO PRIOR TO ITS INCORPORATION INTO OUTER CELLULAR ENVELOPES
J. Biol. Chem.,
August 4, 2000;
275(32):
24993 - 24999.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
E. Gomez, J. Royo, Y. Guo, R. Thompson, and G. Hueros
Establishment of Cereal Endosperm Expression Domains: Identification and Properties of a Maize Transfer Cell-Specific Transcription Factor, ZmMRP-1
PLANT CELL,
March 1, 2002;
14(3):
599 - 610.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
