Isolation of a full-length mitotic cyclin cDNA clone CycIIIMs from Medicago sativa: Chromosomal mapping and expression

Arnould Savouré*, Attila Fehér, Péter Kaló, György Petrovics, Gyula Csanádi, Judit Szecsi, György Kiss, Spencer Brown, Adam Kondorosi, Eva Kondorosi

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Abstract

Cyclins in association with the protein kinase p34cdc2and related cyclin-dependent protein kinases (cdks) are key regulatory elements in controlling the cell division cycle. Here, we describe the identification and characterization of a full-length cDNA clone of alfalfa mitotic cyclin, termed CycIIIMs. Computer analysis of known plant cyclin gene sequences revealed that this cyclin belongs to the same structural group as the other known partial alfalfa cyclin sequences. Genetic segregation analysis based on DNA-DNA hybridization data showed that the CycIIIMs gene(s) locates in a single chromosomal region on linkage group 5 of the alfalfa genetic map between RFLP markers UO89A and CG13. The assignment of this cyclin to the mitotic cyclin class was based on its cDNA-derived sequence and its differential expression during G2/M cell cycle phase transition of a partially synchronized alfalfa cell culture. Sequence analysis indicated common motifs with both the A- and B-types of mitotic cyclins similarly to the newly described B3-type of animal cyclins.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1059-1070
Number of pages12
JournalPlant Molecular Biology
Volume27
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1995
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Alfalfa
  • cell division cycle
  • chromosomal location
  • cyclin
  • gene expression

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