[Using single primer PCR to amplify the orf25 gene fragment related to plant male-sterility in Salicornia europaea]

Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao. 2003 Jan;19(1):120-3.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

The gene orf25 encodes functional protein that may play an important role in plant fertility control in nature. To clone the orf25 from Salicornia europaea Xinjiang into a T-vector, a single designed primer was used to amplify 1.7kb cDNA fragment with RT-PCR. Sequence analysis reveals that the cloned fragment contains entire orf25 coding region with 98%, 95%, 92% and 88% identity to that of orf25 from Beta vulgaris, Nicotiana, wheat and maize mitochondrion, respectively. This analysis suggests that orf25 gene is highly conserved in terms of evolution in plant; and it also suggests that wild plant Salicornia europaea contain a male-sterility gene similar to crops that is of great importance in improvement of the breed of crop.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Chenopodiaceae / genetics*
  • DNA Primers / genetics*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plant Infertility / genetics
  • Plant Infertility / physiology*
  • Plant Proteins / chemistry
  • Plant Proteins / genetics*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
  • Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • Plant Proteins