ArticlePlant molecular biology1997
An endo-1,4-beta-glucanase expressed at high levels in rapidly expanding tissues.
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- Mechanism and Regulation of Silique Dehiscence, Which Affects Oil Seed Production.Frontiers in plant science · 2020Review
- Origin, evolution, and divergence of plant class C GH9 endoglucanases.BMC evolutionary biology · 2018Article
- CELLULASE6 and MANNANASE7 Affect Cell Differentiation and Silique Dehiscence.Plant physiology · 2018Article
- Cloning and characterization of endo-β-1,4-glucanase genes in the common wheat line three pistils.Genetics and molecular biology · 2013Article
- Galacturonosyltransferase 4 silencing alters pectin composition and carbon partitioning in tomato.Journal of experimental botany · 2013Article
- Suppression of 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase, which encodes a key enzyme in abscisic acid biosynthesis, alters fruit texture in transgenic tomato.Plant physiology · 2012Article
- Vacuolar organization in the nodule parenchyma is important for the functioning of pea root nodules.Symbiosis (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2011Article
- Cellular expansion and gene expression in the developing grape (Vitis vinifera L.).Protoplasma · 2008Article
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- Expression of endo-1,4-beta-glucanase (cel1) in Arabidopsis thaliana is associated with plant growth, xylem development and cell wall thickening.Plant cell reports · 2006Article
- Endo-beta-1,4-glucanase expression in compatible plant-nematode interactions.The Plant cell · 2001Article
- The molecular basis of plant cell wall extension.Plant molecular biology · 2001Review
- Cell wall metabolism in fruit softening and quality and its manipulation in transgenic plants.Plant molecular biology · 2001Review
- Expression of a membrane-anchored endo-1,4-beta-glucanase from Brassica napus, orthologous to KOR from Arabidopsis thaliana, is inversely correlated to elongation in light-grown plants.Plant molecular biology · 2001Article
- Limited correlation between expansin gene expression and elongation growth rate.Plant physiology · 2000Article
- Antisense suppression of tomato endo-1,4-beta-glucanase Cel2 mRNA accumulation increases the force required to break fruit abscission zones but does not affect fruit softening.Plant molecular biology · 1999Article
- A novel E-type endo-beta-1,4-glucanase with a putative cellulose-binding domain is highly expressed in ripening strawberry fruits.Plant molecular biology · 1999Article
- Characterization of two divergent endo-beta-1,4-glucanase cDNA clones highly expressed in the nonclimacteric strawberry fruit.Plant physiology · 1999Article
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Abstract
Plant developmental processes involving modifications to cell wall structure, such as cell expansion, organ abscission and fruit ripening, are accompanied by increased enzyme activity and mRNA abundance of endo-1,4-beta-glucanases (EGases). An EGase cDNA clone, Cel4, isolated from tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) has been shown to be identical to a tomato pistil-predominant EGase cDNA, TPP18. In addition to its previously reported expression during certain stages of early pistil development, Cel4 mRNA was also detected at high levels in the growing zones of etiolated hypocotyls (about 2.5-fold less than in pistils) and in young expanding leaves (about 3.5-fold less than in pistils). The abundance of Cel4 mRNA declined precipitously in older tissues as cells became fully expanded, and was barely detectable in mature vegetative tissues. Cel4 mRNA abundance was also low in abscission zones, and did not increase as abscission progressed. In fruit, Cel4 mRNA was present at low levels during fruit expansion, but was essentially absent during subsequent fruit development and ripening. Treatment of etiolated hypocotyls with ethylene or high concentrations of auxin sufficient to induce rapid lateral cell expansion and hypocotyl swelling also brought about an approximate doubling of Cel4 mRNA abundance, suggesting that Cel4 mRNA accumulation may be promoted directly or indirectly by ethylene. Thus, accumulation of Cel4 mRNA was found to be correlated with rapid cell expansion in pistils, hypocotyls and leaves.
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