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Multiple pyruvate decarboxylase genes in maize are induced by hypoxia

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Two cDNA clones corresponding to anaerobically induced maize mRNAs were found to have homology to a previously identified maize pyruvate decarboxylase gene. DNA sequencing and RFLP mapping indicate that these cDNAs represent two additional maize pdc genes. Each of the clones is approximately 85% identical in predicted amino acid sequence to the other two. All three clones are induced by hypoxic stress, but with different levels and kinetics of induction.

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  1. Virginia M. Peschke

    Present address: Monsanto Company, 700 Chesterfield Parkway North, 63198, St. Louis, MO, USA

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  1. Department of Biology, Washington University, MO, St. Louis, 63130, USA

    Virginia M. Peschke

  2. USDA/ARS, Plant Physiology and Genetics Research Unit and Department of Agronomy, University of Illinois, 5108 Turner Hall, 1102 S. Goodwin Ave., 61801, Urbana, IL, USA

    Martin M. Sachs

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Peschke, V.M., Sachs, M.M. Multiple pyruvate decarboxylase genes in maize are induced by hypoxia. Molec. Gen. Genet. 240, 206–212 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00277058

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