J Integr Plant Biol. ›› 1997, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (12): -.

• Research Articles •    

Isolation and Characterization of a cDNA Encoded an Embryogenic Cell Protein 63 Related to Embryogenesis from Carrot

Zhu Chang-fu, Hiroshi Kamada, Hiroshi Harada, He Meng-yuan and Hao Shui   

Abstract: cDNA library with about 6.0 x 108 plaques per μg phage from carrot ( Daucus carota L. cv. Hammaki) torpedo-shaped embryos was constructed by a eDNA cloning system (λgtl0). A fulllength cDNA for embryogenic cell protein 63 (ECP63), an embryogenic cell protein from carrot with a relative molecular weight of 63 000, was isolated from a eDNA library using PCR-amplified DNA as a probe. The nucleotide sequence of ECP63 cDNA was 1 989 bp in length. The cDNA encoded a polypeptide of 569 amino acids, and the calculated molecular weight of this pelypeptide was 62 000. The Northern blot analysis using labeled full-length ECP63 cDNA as a probe showed that the gene for ECP63 was expressed in embryogenic cells, globular, heart-, and torpedo-shaped embryos, but not in seedlings and non-embryogenic cells.

Key words: Daucus carota, Embryogenic cell protein, Embryoid, Embryogenesis, Gene

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