Table I.

The multigene family encoding GERs of barley

Subfamilya	Previous Names	Complexityb	Representative Gene	Full CDS cDNA or Genomic Clone	Cultivar	Accession No.	TIGR TCc	Length DNAd	Size Protein (Amino Acid)
								bp
HvGER1	Germin, OXOXe	5	HvGER1a	HW09M16	Barke	DQ647619	140112	990	225
HvGER2	HvGLP1f	2	HvGER2a	HK03D12	Barke	DQ647620	146914	810	213
HvGER3	GerminFg	3	HvGER3a	Genomic PCR fragment	Steffi	DQ647621	131410	1,025h	227
	–		HvGER4c	HO01J19	Ingrid	DQ647622	139504	914
HvGER4	OxOLPi, HvGLP4j	8	HvGER4d	HO08H12	Ingrid	DQ647623	147149	881	230
HvGER5	–	2	HvGER5a	HW05P16	Barke	DQ647624	147527	835	217
HvGER6	–	1	HvGER6a	Genomic PCR fragment	Steffi	DQ647625	141367	1,581h	219

^aDruka et al. (2002).

^bNumber of TCs of the TIGR Gene Index of barley that represent likely subfamily members, based on DNA sequence identity of at least 81% in the CDS.

^cTC identifier of TIGR gene index barley (release 9.0) corresponding to representative DNA clone used in this study.

^dSize refers to representative cDNA or genomic clone.

^eLane et al. (1993).

^fVallelian et al. (1998).

^gWu et al. (2000).

^hUnspliced genomic DNA.

ⁱWei et al. (1998).

^jChristensen et al. (2004).