Abstract
Rice genomic DNA was surveyed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect homeobox sequences. The PCR product (183 bp) was cloned and sequenced. The nucleotide sequence and the deduced amino acid sequence of a homeobox, which was isolated in this study, and designated OSIHI1, were obtained. Comparison of the encoded polypeptide sequence with other homeodomains reveals that OSIHI1 has 85% and 87% identity to that of Antp, and quail Quox1, respectively at the protein level. An alignment of the OSIHI1 amino acid sequence with homeodoma in sequences from varlous other eukaryotes shows that OSIHI1 homeodomain contains identical residues in the eight positions most conserved among homeodomains, and also contains the four invariant residues present in the putative recognition helix (helix3)
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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
Yi Qingming: born in Apr. 1938. Professor