Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a Calmodulin Gene from Arabidopsis thaliana
Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology(2013)
摘要
The calcium binding protein, calmodulin Is involved in regulating various cellular and biochemical processes. A gene tor calmodulin (CaM) has been Isolated from a genomic library of Arabidopsis thaliana constructed in ; EMBL-4 using a heterologous cDNA probe from electric eel. One of the positive clones was characterized and the region containing the calmodulin gene sequences was Identified, excised using appropriate restriction enzymes and subcloned Into a plasmid vector. The genomic clone contains a complete copy of the calmodulin gene. A comparison of the nucleotide sequence of the part of the clone with those of the other plant and animal systems confirms that the clone In fact contains the calmodulin gene sequences. Southern hybridization ulling the calmodulin gene sequences as a probe reveals the presence of more than one copy of the calmodulin gene. The results of this investigation taken together with those Iff the other. indicate that the calmodulin gene belongs to a small mutigene family consisting of atieast four member. In the Arabidopsis genome.
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calmodulin, calmodulin gene, calcium binding protein, Arabidopsis thaliana
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