Elsevier, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 3(40), p. 199-202
DOI: 10.1016/s0981-9428(02)01365-7
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A hemoglobin (hb) gene family was identified in rice, consisting of four functional hb copies located in BAC inserts OSM11719 and OSM11676, which contain the gene clusters hb1/hb3/hb4 and hb2, respectively. Sequence comparison with databases revealed that a number of potential promoters exist upstream from the hb genes suggesting that these genes are differentially expressed in rice.