Article
Expansion of the gamma-gliadin gene family in Aegilops and Triticum.
BMC evolutionary biology - 8 Nov 2012
Goryunova Svetlana V, Salentijn Elma M J, Chikida Nadejda N, Kochieva Elena Z, van der Meer Ingrid M, Gilissen Luud J W J, Smulders Marinus J M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The gamma-gliadins are considered to be the oldest of the gliadin family of storage proteins in Aegilops/Triticum. However, the expansion of this multigene family has not been studied in an evolutionary perspective. RESULTS: We have cloned 59 gamma-gliadin genes from Aegilops and Triticum species (Aegilops caudata L., Aegilops comosa Sm. in Sibth. & Sm., Aegilops mutica Boiss., Aegilops speltoides...
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