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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2017, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (22): 30-35.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb17040104

Special Issue: 生物技术 水稻

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Expression Analysis of Key Genes of Chlorophyll Synthesis in A Yellow Leaves Mutant of Oryza sativa

  

  • Received:2017-04-17 Revised:2017-04-29 Accepted:2017-05-04 Online:2017-08-21 Published:2017-08-21

Abstract: The aims are to study the relationship between rice yellow leaf mutant gene and chlorophyll synthesis, and the mechanism of mutant genes. In this study, the wild type was taken as the control, the RNA expression of key genes of chlorophyll biosynthesis in stems and leaves of mutants were analyzed by semiquantitative and real-time quantitative PCR. The results showed that there was no significant difference in the expression of 8 genes of stems in the wild type and the mutants. In the leaves, the expression of YGL1 and CHLI in the mutant was significantly up-regulated, about 1.8 times as that in wild type. The expression of CHLD gene in the mutant was about 0.6 times as that in wild type, was significantly down-regulated. The expression of the other 5 genes was not significantly different between the mutants and the wild type. The results indicated that the mutant gene could regulate the expression of YGL1, CHLD and CHLI genes and further affect the synthesis of chlorophyll in leaves. The study laid a foundation for understanding the role of mutant gene in the regulation of chlorophyll synthesis and its functional mechanism.

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