Molecular characterization of a nonautonomous transposable element (dTph1) of petunia. (original) (raw)

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01 November 1990

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A G Gerats, H Huits, E Vrijlandt, C Maraña, E Souer, M Beld, Molecular characterization of a nonautonomous transposable element (dTph1) of petunia., The Plant Cell, Volume 2, Issue 11, November 1990, Pages 1121–1128, https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.2.11.1121
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Abstract

An insertion sequence of 283 base pairs has been isolated from the DFR-C gene (dihydroflavonol-4-reductase) of petunia. This insert was found only in a line unstable for the An1 locus (anthocyanin 1, located on chromosome VI) and not in fully pigmented progenitor and revertant lines or in stable white derivative lines. This implies that the An1 locus encodes the DFR-C gene. The unstable An1 system in the line W138 is known to be a two-element system, the autonomous element being located on chromosome I. In the presence of the autonomous element, W138 flowers exhibit a characteristic pattern of red revertant spots and sectors on a white background. In the absence of the autonomous element, the W138 allele gives rise to a stable recessive (white) phenotype. Sequence analysis of progenitor, unstable, and revertant alleles revealed dTph1 to contain perfect terminal inverted repeats of 12 base pairs. In DFR-C, it is flanked by an 8-base pair target site duplication. Sequences homologous to dTph1 are present in at least 50 copies in the line W138. Sequence analysis of An1 revertant alleles indicated that excision, including removal of the target site duplication, is required for reversion to the wild-type phenotype. Derivative stable recessive alleles showed excision of dTph1 and a rearrangement of the target site duplication. dTph1 is the smallest transposable element described to date that is still capable of transposition. The use of dTph1 in tagging experiments and subsequent gene isolation is discussed.

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