01456naa a2200229 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400800006010000220014024500840016226000090024652007520025565000210100765000260102865000230105465300130107765300170109070000160110770000210112370000180114477300640116210091462019-02-21       2004    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 ahttps://doi-org.ez103.periodicos.capes.gov.br/10.2174/09298660434070022DOI1 aMARCELLINO, L. H.  aAn opaque-2-like transcription factor from pearl millet.h[electronic resource]  c2004  aPearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.), a species of the Poaceae family, is an important food crop in Africa, Asia and South America. Its nutritional value is due to storage prolamins accumulated in the seeds. In other species of the same family, the expression of the genes coding for storage prolamins is mediated by the regulatory protein opaque-2. In this paper we show that an opaque-2 -like protein is present in pearl millet too and is expressed during the early stages of seed development. The organization of the gene coding for this protein is similar to that of orthologous genes in other Poaceae species, i.e. six exons separated by five introns. A comparison of amino acid homologies with other described opaque-2 proteins is presented.  aStorage proteins  aTranscription factors  aPennisetum Glaucum  aOpaque-2  aPearl millet1 aNESHICH, G.1 aFURTADO NETO, A.1 aGANDER, E. S.  tProtein and Peptide Lettersgv. 11, n. 4, p. 345-352, 2004.