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Soybean Seed Protein Genes Are Regulated Spatially during Embryogenesis
Authors:Perez-Grau L  Goldberg R B
Institution:Department of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024-1606.
Abstract:We used in situ hybridization to investigate Kunitz trypsin inhibitor gene expression programs at the cell level in soybean embryos and in transformed tobacco seeds. The major Kunitz trypsin inhibitor mRNA, designated as KTi3, is first detectable in a specific globular stage embryo region, and then becomes localized within the axis of heart, cotyledon, and maturation stage embryos. By contrast, a related Kunitz trypsin inhibitor mRNA class, designated as KTi1/2, is not detectable during early embryogenesis. Nor is the KTi1/2 mRNA detectable in the axis at later developmental stages. Outer perimeter cells of each cotyledon accumulate both KTi1/2 and KTi3 mRNAs early in maturation. These mRNAs accumulate progressively from the outside to inside of each cotyledon in a "wave-like" pattern as embryogenesis proceeds. A similar KTi3 mRNA localization pattern is observed in soybean somatic embryos and in transformed tobacco seeds. An unrelated mRNA, encoding beta]-conglycinin storage protein, also accumulates in a wave-like pattern during soybean embryogenesis. Our results indicate that cell-specific differences in seed protein gene expression programs are established early in development, and that seed protein mRNAs accumulate in a precise cellular pattern during seed maturation. We also show that seed protein gene expression patterns are conserved at the cell level in embryos of distantly related plants, and that these patterns are established in the absence of non-embryonic tissues.
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