A novel gene, which was a homologue of Arabidopsis COI1 was isolated from rice (Oryza sativa L.) by RT-PCR and designated as OsCOI1.

• 利用Blast检索、EST分析和RT-PCR；在水稻中分离到一个与拟南芥COI1同源的新基因；命名为OsCOI1.