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Plant cyclins: a unified nomenclature for plant A-, B- and D-type cyclins based on sequence organization

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The comparative analysis of a large number of plant cyclins of the A/B family has recently revealed that plants possess two distinct B-type groups and three distinct A-type groups of cyclins [1]. Despite earlier uncertainties, this large-scale comparative analysis has allowed an unequivocal definition of plant cyclins into either A or B classes. We present here the most important results obtained in this study, and extend them to the case of plant D-type cyclins, in which three groups are identified. For each of the plant cyclin groups, consensus sequences have been established and a new, rational, plant-wide naming system is proposed in accordance with the guidelines of the Commission on Plant Gene Nomenclature. This nomenclature is based on the animal system indicating cyclin classes by an upper-case roman letter, and distinct groups within these classes by an arabic numeral suffix. The naming of plant cyclin classes is chosen to indicate homology to their closest animal class. The revised nomenclature of all described plant cyclins is presented, with their classification into groups CycA1, CycA2, CycA3, CycB1, CycB2, CycD1, CycD2 and CycD3.

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  1. Laboratory of Plant Biochemistry and Physiology, INRA/ENSAM/CNRS, 34060, Montpellier Cedex 1, France

    Jean-Pierre Renaudin

  2. Dept. of Cell Biology, John Innes Centre, Colney Lane, NR4 7UH, Norwich, UK

    John H. Doonan

  3. Institute of Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, CB2 1QT, Cambridge, UK

    Donna Freeman, David A. Sorrell & James A. H. Murray

  4. National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, 305, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Junji Hashimoto & Hiroshi Kouchi

  5. Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Vienna, Dr Borhgasse 9, 1030, Vienna, Austria

    Heribert Hirt

  6. Laboratoire Associé de l'INRA, University of Gent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000, Gent, Belgium

    Dirk Inzé & Pierre Rouzé

  7. University of Illinois, 61801, Urbana, IL, USA

    Thomas Jacobs

  8. Institut für Allgemeine Botanik, Universitat Hamburg, 22609, Hamburg, Germany

    Margret Sauter

  9. Faculty of Sciences, Molecular Biology Laboratory, 33 rue de St-Leu, 80039, Amiens Cedex, France

    Arnould Savouré

  10. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 11724, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA

    Venkatesan Sundaresan

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Renaudin, JP., Doonan, J.H., Freeman, D. et al. Plant cyclins: a unified nomenclature for plant A-, B- and D-type cyclins based on sequence organization. Plant Mol Biol 32, 1003–1018 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00041384

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