Evolutionary characterization and transcript profiling of β-tubulin genes in flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) during plant development.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Microtubules, polymerized from alpha and beta-tubulin monomers, play a fundamental role in plant morphogenesis, determining the cell division plane, the direction of cell expansion and the deposition of cell wall material. During polarized pollen tube elongation, microtubules serve as tracks for vesicular transport and deposition of proteins/lipids at the tip membrane. Such functions are controlled by cortical microtubule arrays. Aim of this study was to first characterize the flax β-tubulin family by sequence and phylogenetic analysis and to investigate differential expression of β-tubulin genes possibly related to fibre elongation and to flower development.

Results

We report the cloning and characterization of the complete flax β-tubulin gene family: exon-intron

SUBMITTER: Gavazzi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5721616 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature