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Organ-specific differences in the ratio of alternatively spliced chorismate synthase (LeCS2) transcripts in tomato

  1. Jörn Görlach†,
  2. Hanns-R. Raesecke,
  3. Gernot Abel‡,
  4. Rolf Wehrli,
  5. Nikolaus Amrhein,
  6. Jürg Schmid*

Article first published online: 5 MAR 2002

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1995.08030451.x

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The Plant Journal

The Plant Journal

Volume 8, Issue 3, pages 451–456, September 1995

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Görlach, J., Raesecke, H.-R., Abel, G., Wehrli, R., Amrhein, N. and Schmid, J. (1995), Organ-specific differences in the ratio of alternatively spliced chorismate synthase (LeCS2) transcripts in tomato. The Plant Journal, 8: 451–456. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1995.08030451.x

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  1. Institute of Plant Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Universitätstrasse 2, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland

  1. †

    Present address: Agricultural Biotechnology Research Unit, CIBA-GEIGY Corporation, 3054 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.

  2. ‡

    Institut für Genbiologische Forschung Berlin GmbH, Ihnestrasse 63, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.

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  1. Issue published online: 5 MAR 2002
  2. Article first published online: 5 MAR 2002
  3. Received 3 February 1995; revised 13 June 1995; accepted 30 June 1995.

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The primary transcript of one of the two chorismate synthase genes (LeCS2) of tomato is differentially processed due to an alternative splicing of the third intron. A novel observation was made when the abundances of the two LeCS2-specific transcripts in different organs were analysed. The ratio of these two transcripts differs in RNA populations from different organs. Possible explanations for this finding and its potential physiological impact for plant metabolism are discussed.

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