biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 53:429-434, 2009 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-009-0082-3

The involvement of an expansin geneTaEXPB23 from wheat in regulating plant cell growth

S. -C. Xing1, F. Li1, Q. -F. Guo1, D. -R. Liu1, X. -X. Zhao1, W. Wang1,*
1 College of Life Science/State Key Laboratory of Crop Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, P.R. China

Expansins, found in the cell wall, have the unique ability to induce immediate cell wall extension. In this study, a β-expansin gene (TaEXPB23) isolated from wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) coleoptiles was transformed to tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) to investigate its role in plant growth and development. TaEXPB23 was preferentially expressed in wheat coleoptile and a close correlation between TaEXPB23 expression and coleoptile growth was observed. The over-expression of TaEXPB23 in tobacco also resulted in accelerating growth of leaves and internodes at earlier developmental stages, and it was involved in regulating plant development.

Keywords: coleoptile; gene expression; Nicotiana tabacum; RT-PCR; transgenic tobacco; Triticum aestivum
Subjects: dendrogram; expansin; gene expression; Nicotiana tabacum; tobacco; transgenic plants; Triticum aestivum; wheat

Received: August 12, 2007; Accepted: March 9, 2008; Published: September 1, 2009  Show citation

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Xing, S.-C., Li, F., Guo, Q.-F., Liu, D.-R., Zhao, X.-X., & Wang, W. (2009). The involvement of an expansin geneTaEXPB23 from wheat in regulating plant cell growth. Biologia plantarum, 53(3), 429-434. doi: 10.1007/s10535-009-0082-3
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