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Molecular characterization of cDNAs corresponding to genes expressed during almond (Prunus amygdalus Batsch) seed development
Insertion of Mu into the Shrunken 1 gene of maize affects transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of Sh1 RNA
Mini-scale method for nuclear run-on transcription assay in plants
We present a mini-scale method for nuclear run-on transcription assay. In our method, all the centrifuge steps can be carried out by using micro-tubes for short time (5 min each) throughout the process, including isolation of transcriptionally active nuclei and purification of labeled RNA after synthesis of RNA in isolated nuclei. The assay can be performed using a small amount of plant tissue, which enables analysis of developmental changes in transcriptional status of given genes in a single individual plant. Successful results were obtained using the tissues of flower and leaf of petunia and embryo of pea, suggesting that the method is potentially applicable to a variety of plant tissues