摘要
Differences of gene expression between salinity_stressed and control rice ( Oryza sativa L. ssp. indica ) cultivar “Zhaiyeqing 8' were compared using differential display PCR (DD_PCR) technique. Sequence analysis of one salt_inducible cDNA clone revealed that this clone represented a new member of rice translation elongation factor 1A (eEF1A) gene family and was tentatively named REF1A. Northern blot hybridization using REF1A fragment as a probe was performed to investigate the expression of rice translation elongation factor 1A gene in response to various environmental factors. It was observed that expression of the eEF1A gene in rice shoots was dramatically induced by salinity stress or exogenous application of abscisic acid (ABA). The induction of this gene by ABA stress occurred more quickly than that by salinity stress. In addition, expression of rice translation elongation factor 1A gene was also induced by drought (15% PEG6000), cold (4 ℃) or heat_shock (37 ℃) stresses. The results suggested that the induction of translation elongation factor 1A gene expression by environmental stresses might reflect the general adaptive response of rice plants to the adverse circumstances.
利用差异显示ＰＣＲ 技术（ＤＤ＿ＰＣＲ） 比较了籼稻（ Ｏｒｙｚａｓａｔｉｖａ Ｌ．ｓｓｐ．ｉｎｄｉｃａ）“窄叶青８ 号”幼苗在盐胁迫与正常生长条件下基因表达的差异，克隆了水稻翻译延伸因子１Ａ 蛋白（ｅＥＦ１Ａ） 基因家族中的一个新的成员（ 称为ＲＥＦ１Ａ） 。利用Ｎｏｒｔｈｅｒｎ 杂交对环境因子胁迫下该基因的表达进行了分析，结果翻译延伸因子１Ａ 基因在水稻幼苗中的表达明显受盐胁迫和ＡＢＡ胁迫所诱导，且ＡＢＡ 胁迫处理对该基因转录的诱导要早于盐胁迫的诱导作用。此外，干旱（１５％ ＰＥＧ６０００） 处理、冷胁迫（４ ℃）和热激（３７ ℃） 对水稻翻译延伸因子１Ａ 基因的转录均有明显的诱导作用。
