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PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 47, Issue 5, Pages 359-368Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2008.12.017
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Abiotic and biotic stress response; cDNA cloning; cis-acting elements; Nicotiana glutinosa; RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RDR); Semi-quantitative RT-PCR
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30370928, 30571215]
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The RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RDRs) play a key role in RNA silencing, heterochromatin formation and natural gene regulation. Here, a novel RDR gene was isolated from Nicotiona glutinosa, designated as NgRDR1. The full-length cDNA of NgRDR1 encodes a 1117-amino acid protein which harbors the five conserved regions in plant RDRs, including the most remarkable motif DbDGD (b is a bulky residue). Amino acid sequence alignment revealed that NgRDR1 exhibited a high degree of identity with other higher plant RDR genes. Five exons Were detected in the genomic DNA sequence, and the fourth exert is 151 bp, the location and the length of which are conserved among different plant species. From the phylogenetic tree constructed with different kinds of plant RDRs, it is determined that NgRDR1 falls into group 1, and is closely associated with the dicotyledons RDRs. The analysis of the 5'-flanking region of NgRDR1 revealed a group of putative cis-acting elements. The results of expression analysis showed that the transcripts of NgRDR1 can be induced by biotic stresses, such as exogenous signaling molecules including salicylic acid (SA), SA analogues, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and methyl jasmonate (MeJA). Furthermore, NgRDR1 expression can be Lip-regulated by potato virus Y (PVY), tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) and cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), but not by potato virus X (PVX). Besides, different kinds of fungi can also induce NgRDR1 expression. These results indicate that NgRDR1 may play an important role in response to biotic and abiotic stresses. (C) 2008 Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.
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