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Cloning of a low-temperature-induced genelti2 from the cyanobacteriumAnabaena variabilis M3 that is homologous to α-amylases

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A gene calledlti2 which is induced by a shift to a low temperature was isolated from the cyanobacteriumAnabaena variabilis strain M3. This gene contained an open reading frame of 552 amino acid residues which exhibited homology to known α-amylases. The level oflti2 transcript increased 40-fold within an hour after a temperature shift from 38 to 22°C and then slowly decreased to a low steady-state level. A less extensive expression of thelti2 gene is also induced by a temperature shift from 22 to 38°C.

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Sato, N. Cloning of a low-temperature-induced genelti2 from the cyanobacteriumAnabaena variabilis M3 that is homologous to α-amylases. Plant Mol Biol 18, 165–170 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00018474

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