Volume 40, Issue 3 pp. 209-216

Cloning and characterization of a heat shock protein 70 gene, MsHSP70-1, in Medicago sativa

Zhishui He

Zhishui He

National Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China

Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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Rong Xie

Rong Xie

National Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China

Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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Yanzhang Wang

Yanzhang Wang

National Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China

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Huasong Zou

Huasong Zou

National Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China

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Jiabi Zhu

Jiabi Zhu

National Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China

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Guanqiao Yu

Corresponding Author

Guanqiao Yu

National Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China

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This work was supported by a grant from the National Key Program for Basic Research (973 Program) (No. 2001CB108901)

Abstract

Some members of the heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) family have important functions in organism development. Here, we identified an alfalfa (Medicago sativa L. cv. Algonquin) HSP70 gene, MsHSP70-1, using cDNA array and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. This gene contains a 1947 bp open reading frame encoding a protein of 649 amino acids. This protein contains all conserved domains, motifs, and characteristic sequences of plant HSP70s. The expression of MsHSP70-1 is enhanced in nodule compared with root, stem, leaf, and flower, and throughout the process of nodule development. Northern hybridization analysis indicated that the expression of MsHSP70-1 in nodule requires the active bacA gene of rhizobia. These results suggested that MsHSP70-1 might play an important role in alfalfanodule development.

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