Table 1.

Primers used for the amplification of cDNA fragments encoding putative expansins of wheat pericarps cv. Bacanora

Accession number of cloned sequence	Cloned sequence	Accession number	Expansin gene	Identity with expansin gene	Forward primer sequence (5′–3′)	Reverse primer sequence (5′–3′)
FN556064	pTaExpA1	AY589583	TaExpA1	77%	GTG CGG TCA GTG CTA CAA GA	ATA GTT AGG CGG GCA AAG G
FN556065	TaExpA2	AY589584	TaExpA2	98%	CCA CCA TGA TGT GTT GTT CC	AGT AGG AGT GGC CGT TGA TG
FN556066	pTaExpA4	AY543530	TaExpA4	87%	AAC TTC TGC CCG TCG AAC TA	CCC TTC ATG GTG AAC CTC AT
FN556067	pTaExpA5	AY543531	TaExpA5	74%	ACC ACA TCC ACA CAC GAG AG	CCA CCA GCT CGA AGT AGT CC
FN556069	pTaExpA6	AY543532	TaExpA6	92%	CAA TCC TCC CCG CGA AC	GGT CCC CTT CAC CGA CAT
FN556070	pTaExpA6 (a)a	AY543532	TaExpA6	84%	GTG CAA CCC TCC TCG ACA C	GGT CCC CTT CAC CGA CAT
FN556071	pTaExpA6 (b)a	AY543532	TaExpA6	84%	GCA ACC CTC CCC GCG TC	GGT CCC CTT CAC CGA CAT
FN556068	pTaExpA8	AY543534	TaExpA8	94%	ACT ACG CAC TCC CCA ACA AC	AGA GCT CAA GTC ACC GAT GC
	18S rRNA				GTG ACG GGT GAC GGA GAA TT	GAC ACT AAT GCG CCC GGT AT

The table shows the maximum identity between sequences cloned and wheat expansins reported.

^a(a) and (b) represent groups of sequences with homology to TaExpA6 but different between them. (a) has 88% identity with (b).