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. 1982 Dec;79(23):7185–7189. doi: 10.1073/pnas.79.23.7185

Isolation of cloned cDNAs to auxin-responsive poly(A)+RNAs of elongating soybean hypocotyl

John C Walker 1,2, Joe L Key 1,2
PMCID: PMC347303  PMID: 16593257

Abstract

Auxin-responsive cDNA clones have been isolated from a cDNA library prepared from elongating soybean hypocotyl poly(A)+RNA. The expression of two such sequences has been assessed by RNA blot hybridization analyses during normal developmental transitions in the soybean hypocotyl and during incubation of sections excised from the region of cell elongation. The concentrations of these poly(A)+RNAs are higher in the elongating zone than in the apical and mature zones of the hypocotyl. Both poly(A)+RNAs are depleted during incubation of the sections in the absence of auxin. The loss of one of these sequences (pJCW1) is prevented by the addition of auxin to the incubation medium while the other sequence (pJCW2) increases above the initial level in the presence of auxin. The addition of auxin to auxin-depleted tissue in which the sequences are depleted results in rapid accumulation of these poly(A)+RNAs; pJCW1 accumulates to the control level while pJCW2 increases well above the control level. These data along with others [Baulcombe, D. C. & Key, J. L. (1980) J. Biol. Chem. 255, 8907-8913] demonstrate directly a highly selective effect of auxin on the expression of a small number of mRNAs in tissues undergoing both cell elongation and cell division in response to auxin. Although the data are suggestive of a close association betwen auxin action and altered gene expression, a causal relationship is not established. It seems highly unlikely, however, that such specific effects of auxin on gene expression are unimportant in auxin physiology.

Keywords: hormone action, cell elongation, gene expression

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