Isolation and characterization of the somatic embryogenesis receptor-like kinase gene homologue (CitSERK1) from Citrus unshiu Marc

• Published in: Scientia horticulturae Vol. 103; no. 2; pp. 233 - 238
• Main Authors: Shimada, Takehiko, Hirabayashi, Toshiro, Endo, Tomoko, Fujii, Hiroshi, Kita, Masayuki, Omura, Mitsuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 2005; Elsevier
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biological and medical sciences; Citrus; Embryogenesis; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetics and breeding of economic plants; Haploidy, in vitro culture applications, somatic hybrids; Leucine-rich repeat; mRNA expression; Plant breeding: fundamental aspects and methodology; SERK; Citrus; Embryogenesis; Leucine-rich repeat; SERK; mRNA expression; Embryonic development; Horticulture; Enzyme; Citrus unshiu; Citrus fruit; Transferases; Rutaceae; Tissue culture; Leucine; Somatic embryo; Messenger RNA; Gene; Kinase; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Spermatophyta

A cDNA clone was isolated for a somatic embryogenesis receptor-like kinase (SERK) gene homologue (CitSERK1) from Citrus unshiu Marc. CitSERK1 revealed high amino acid sequence homologies to the past isolated SERK genes of Arabidopsis thaliana, Zea mays, and Daucus carota and had the common structura...