Figure 1.

Multiple alignment of the deduced amino acid sequences of full-length expansin cDNAs from germinating tomato seeds. LeEXP1 (U82123), LeEXP2 (AF096776), LeEXP4 (AF059488), LeEXP8 (AF184232), LeEXP9 (AJ243340), and LeEXP10 (AF184233) were aligned using the MACDNASIS PRO3.5 program (Hitachi Software, San Bruno, CA). Amino acids identical among at least three of the cDNAs are shaded using the Boxshade program (http://www. isrec.isf). The conserved cysteines and typtophans are indicated by * and +, respectively. The lines above specific sequences indicate the conserved regions for which RT-PCR primers were designed.