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Analysis of expression and evolutionary relationships of phosphoenol-pyruvate carboxylase genes in Flaveria trinervia (C4) and F. pringlei (C3)

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Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPCase) was shown to be encoded by a multigene family in various Flaveria species analysed. Several clones were isolated from genomic libraries of F. pringlei (C3 species) and F. trinervia (C4 species) and classified into four distinct groups according to their hybridization behaviour to a full-length cDNA clone encoding the PEPCase C4 isozyme of F. trinervia. A detailed cross-hybridization analysis demonstrated that the closest relative of most of the PEPCase genes isolated from F. trinervia and F. pringlei was not found in the same but in the other species. Northern analysis, using stringent conditions, allowed discrimination of class-specific PEPCase transcripts and revealed characteristic organ-specific expression patterns.

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Hermans, J., Westhoff, P. Analysis of expression and evolutionary relationships of phosphoenol-pyruvate carboxylase genes in Flaveria trinervia (C4) and F. pringlei (C3). Molec. Gen. Genet. 224, 459–468 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00262441

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