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A phytochrome regulated pea transcript encodes ferredoxin I

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We have sequenced the pea (cv. Alaska) cDNA clone pEA46 (16) and shown that it codes for ferredoxin I. This clone has previously been shown to correspond to a transcript whose levels are controlled by phytochrome (Kaufman et al. (1985) Plant Physiol. 78: 388–393; Thompson et al. (1983) Planta 158: 487–500).

The deduced amino acid sequence includes part of an hydrophobic transit sequence that shows only very limited homology to that of Silene pratensis ferredoxin.

Genomic blotting analysis indicates that ferredoxin I is encoded by one or two genes. A genomic clone (4601) has been isolated that contains the ferredoxin gene and at least 14 kb of flanking sequences.

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  1. John C. Watson

    Present address: Department of Botany, University of Maryland, 20742, College Park, MD, U.S.A.

  2. William F. Thompson

    Present address: Department of Botany and Genetics, North Carolina State University, 27695, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.

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  1. Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 290 Panama Street, 94305, Stanford, CA, U.S.A.

    Michael S. Dobres, Robert C. Elliott, John C. Watson & William F. Thompson

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Dobres, M.S., Elliott, R.C., Watson, J.C. et al. A phytochrome regulated pea transcript encodes ferredoxin I. Plant Mol Biol 8, 53–59 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00016434

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