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Genetic screens in zebrafish have identified a large number of mutations that affect neural connectivity in the developing visual system. These mutants define genes essential for accurate retinal axon guidance in the eye and brain and the characterization of these mutants is helping to define the cellular and molecular mechanisms that guide axons in the vertebrate embryo. The combination of zebrafish genetic and embryological approaches promises to greatly increase our understanding of how multiple guidance mechanisms establish the complex neural interconnectivity of the vertebrate brain.
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- James Culverwell
- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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Purton S, Pazour GJ. Meeting report: Tenth International Conference on the Cell and Molecular Biology of Chlamydomonas. Protist 2002; 153:325-36. [PMID: 12627862 DOI: 10.1078/14344610260450055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Ríos G, Lossow A, Hertel B, Breuer F, Schaefer S, Broich M, Kleinow T, Jásik J, Winter J, Ferrando A, Farrás R, Panicot M, Henriques R, Mariaux JB, Oberschall A, Molnár G, Berendzen K, Shukla V, Lafos M, Koncz Z, Rédei GP, Schell J, Koncz C. Rapid identification of Arabidopsis insertion mutants by non-radioactive detection of T-DNA tagged genes. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2002; 32:243-53. [PMID: 12383089 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2002.01416.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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To assist in the analysis of plant gene functions we have generated a new Arabidopsis insertion mutant collection of 90 000 lines that carry the T-DNA of Agrobacterium gene fusion vector pPCV6NFHyg. Segregation analysis indicates that the average frequency of insertion sites is 1.29 per line, predicting about 116 100 independent tagged loci in the collection. The average T-DNA copy number estimated by Southern DNA hybridization is 2.4, as over 50% of the insertion loci contain tandem T-DNA copies. The collection is pooled in two arrays providing 40 PCR templates, each containing DNA from either 4000 or 5000 individual plants. A rapid and sensitive PCR technique using high-quality template DNA accelerates the identification of T-DNA tagged genes without DNA hybridization. The PCR screening is performed by agarose gel electrophoresis followed by isolation and direct sequencing of DNA fragments of amplified T-DNA insert junctions. To estimate the mutation recovery rate, 39 700 lines have been screened for T-DNA tags in 154 genes yielding 87 confirmed mutations in 73 target genes. Screening the whole collection with both T-DNA border primers requires 170 PCR reactions that are expected to detect a mutation in a gene with at least twofold redundancy and an estimated probability of 77%. Using this technique, an M2 family segregating a characterized gene mutation can be identified within 4 weeks.
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- Gabino Ríos
- Max-Planck Institut für Züchtungsforschung, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, D-59829 Köln, Germany
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Zentella R, Yamauchi D, Ho THD. Molecular dissection of the gibberellin/abscisic acid signaling pathways by transiently expressed RNA interference in barley aleurone cells. THE PLANT CELL 2002; 14:2289-301. [PMID: 12215521 PMCID: PMC150771 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.003376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2002] [Accepted: 05/25/2002] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The interaction between two phytohormones, gibberellins (GA) and abscisic acid (ABA), is an important factor regulating the developmental transition from seed dormancy to germination. In cereal aleurone tissue, GA induces and ABA suppresses the expression of alpha-amylases that are essential for the utilization of starch stored in the endosperm. In this work, the signaling pathways mediated by these hormones were investigated in the aleurone cells of barley seeds using double-stranded RNA interference (RNAi) technology. In this tissue, double-stranded RNA molecules generated from the transient expression of DNA templates caused a sequence-specific suppression of the target genes. We demonstrate that the transcription factor, GAMyb, is not only sufficient but also necessary for the GA induction of alpha-amylase. Another regulatory protein, SLN1, is shown to be a repressor of GA action, and the use of RNAi technology to inhibit the synthesis of SLN1 led to derepression of alpha-amylase even in the absence of GA. However, this effect still was suppressed by ABA. Although the ABA-induced Ser/Thr protein kinase, PKABA1, is known to suppress GA-induced alpha-amylase expression, PKABA1 RNAi did not hamper the inhibitory effect of ABA on the expression of alpha-amylase, indicating that a PKABA1-independent signaling pathway also may exist. We suggest that the generation of specific RNAi in a transient expression approach is a useful technique for elucidating the role of regulatory molecules in biological systems in which conventional mutational studies cannot be performed easily.
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- Rodolfo Zentella
- Plant Biology Program, Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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Swarup R, Parry G, Graham N, Allen T, Bennett M. Auxin cross-talk: integration of signalling pathways to control plant development. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2002; 49:411-26. [PMID: 12036264 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-010-0377-3_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Plants sense and respond to endogenous signals and environmental cues to ensure optimal growth and development. Plant cells must integrate the myriad transduction events into a comprehensive network of signalling pathways and responses. The phytohormone auxin occupies a central place within this transduction network, frequently acting in conjunction with other signals, to co-ordinately regulate cellular processes such as division, elongation and differentiation. As a non-cell autonomous signal, auxin also interacts with other signalling pathways to regulate inter-cellular developmental processes. As part of this especially themed edition of Plant Molecular Biology, we will review examples of 'cross-talk' between auxin and other signalling pathways. Given the current state of knowledge, we have deliberately focused our efforts reviewing auxin interactions with other phytohormone and light signalling pathways. We conclude by discussing how new genomic approaches and the Arabidopsis genome sequence are likely to impact this area of research in the future.
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- Ranjan Swarup
- School of Biosciences, Sutton Bonington, University of Nottingham, Leicestershire, UK
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Holt BF, Boyes DC, Ellerström M, Siefers N, Wiig A, Kauffman S, Grant MR, Dangl JL. An evolutionarily conserved mediator of plant disease resistance gene function is required for normal Arabidopsis development. Dev Cell 2002; 2:807-17. [PMID: 12062092 DOI: 10.1016/s1534-5807(02)00174-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Plants recognize many pathogens through the action of a diverse family of proteins called disease resistance (R) genes. The Arabidopsis R gene RPM1 encodes resistance to specific Pseudomonas syringae strains. We describe an RPM1-interacting protein that is an ortholog of TIP49a, previously shown to interact with the TATA binding protein (TBP) complex and to modulate c-myc- and beta-catenin-mediated signaling in animals. Reduction of Arabidopsis TIP49a (AtTIP49a) mRNA levels results in measurable increases of two R-dependent responses without constitutively activating defense responses, suggesting that AtTIP49a can act as a negative regulator of at least some R functions. Further, AtTIP49a is essential for both sporophyte and female gametophyte viability. Thus, regulators of R function overlap with essential modulators of plant development.
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- Ben F Holt
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Polyunsaturated acyl lipids constitute approximately 50% of the hydrophobic membrane barriers that delineate the compartments of cells. The composition of these lipids is critically important for many membrane functions and, thus, for proper growth and development of all living organisms. In the model plant Arabidopsis, the isolation of mutants with altered lipid compositions has facilitated biochemical and molecular approaches to understanding lipid metabolism and membrane biogenesis. Just as importantly, the availability of a series of plant lines with specific changes in membrane lipids have provided a new resource to study the structural and adaptive roles of lipids. Now, the sequencing of the Arabidopsis genome, and the development of reverse-genetics approaches provide the tools needed to make additional discoveries about the relationships between lipid structure and membrane function in plant cells.
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- James G Wallis
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6340, USA
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Moffatt BA, Ashihara H. Purine and pyrimidine nucleotide synthesis and metabolism. THE ARABIDOPSIS BOOK 2002; 1:e0018. [PMID: 22303196 PMCID: PMC3243375 DOI: 10.1199/tab.0018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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- Barbara A. Moffatt
- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
- Corresponding author,
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ochanomizu University, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan
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Finkelstein RR, Gampala SSL, Rock CD. Abscisic acid signaling in seeds and seedlings. THE PLANT CELL 2002; 14 Suppl:S15-S45. [PMID: 12045268 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.010441.would] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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- Ruth R Finkelstein
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
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Finkelstein RR, Gampala SSL, Rock CD. Abscisic acid signaling in seeds and seedlings. THE PLANT CELL 2002; 14 Suppl:S15-45. [PMID: 12045268 PMCID: PMC151246 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.010441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1366] [Impact Index Per Article: 62.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2001] [Accepted: 03/04/2002] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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- Ruth R Finkelstein
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
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- N A Eckardt
- Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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Eckardt NA, Araki T, Benning C, Cubas P, Goodrich J, Jacobsen SE, Masson P, Nambara E, Simon R, Somerville S, Wasteneys G. Arabidopsis research 2001. THE PLANT CELL 2001; 13:1973-1982. [PMID: 11549757 PMCID: PMC1464711 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.130920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Dent RM, Han M, Niyogi KK. Functional genomics of plant photosynthesis in the fast lane using Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2001; 6:364-371. [PMID: 11495790 DOI: 10.1016/s1360-1385(01)02018-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Oxygenic photosynthesis by algae and plants supports much of life on Earth. Several model organisms are used to study this vital process, but the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii offers significant advantages for the genetic dissection of photosynthesis. Recent experiments with Chlamydomonas have substantially advanced our understanding of several aspects of photosynthesis, including chloroplast biogenesis, structure-function relationships in photosynthetic complexes, and environmental regulation. Chlamydomonas is therefore the organism of choice for elucidating detailed functions of the hundreds of genes involved in plant photosynthesis.
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- R M Dent
- Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA
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Li X, Song Y, Century K, Straight S, Ronald P, Dong X, Lassner M, Zhang Y. A fast neutron deletion mutagenesis-based reverse genetics system for plants. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2001; 27:235-42. [PMID: 11532169 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2001.01084.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A new reverse genetics method has been developed to identify and isolate deletion mutants for targeted plant genes. Deletion mutant libraries are generated using fast neutron bombardment. DNA samples extracted from the deletion libraries are used to screen for deletion mutants by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using specific primers flanking the targeted genes. By adjusting PCR conditions to preferentially amplify the deletion alleles, deletion mutants were identified in pools of DNA samples, each pool containing DNA from 2592 mutant lines. Deletion mutants were obtained for 84% of targeted loci from an Arabidopsis population of 51 840 lines. Using a similar approach, a deletion mutant for a rice gene was identified. Thus we demonstrate that it is possible to apply this method to plant species other than Arabidopsis. As fast neutron mutagenesis is highly efficient, it is practical to develop deletion mutant populations with more complete coverage of the genome than obtained with methods based on insertional mutagenesis. Because fast neutron mutagenesis is applicable to all plant genetic systems, this method has the potential to enable reverse genetics for a wide range of plant species.
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- X Li
- Maxygen-Davis, 1105 Kennedy Place, Suite 5, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Model genetics and genomics have been developed as tools for studying the third largest family of flowering plants, the Leguminosae, which includes important crop plants. Functional genomics strategies for the global analysis of gene expression, the elucidation of pathways and reverse genetics are established. These approaches provide new possibilities for investigating rhizobial as well as mycorrhizal endosymbiosis. Plant genes with central functions in these mutualistic interactions have been identified by positional cloning and gene tagging. With progress in Lotus japonicus genome sequencing, which was recently initiated by Japanese researchers, comparative genomics will contribute to our understanding of symbiosis, pathogenesis and the evolution of plant genomes.
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- J Stougaard
- Laboratory of Gene Expression, Department of Molecular and Structural Biology, University of Aarhus, Gustav Wieds Vej 10, 8000 C, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC) compares two or more chromosomes as a mixture of denatured and reannealed PCR amplicons, revealing the presence of a mutation by the differential retention of homo- and heteroduplex DNA on reversed-phase chromatography supports under partial denaturation. Temperature determines sensitivity, and its optimum can be predicted by computation. Single-nucleotide substitutions, deletions, and insertions have been detected successfully by on-line UV or fluorescence monitoring within 2-3 minutes in unpurified amplicons as large as 1.5 Kb. Sensitivity and specificity of DHPLC consistently exceed 96%. These features and its low cost make DHPLC one of the most powerful tools for the re-sequencing of the human and other genomes. Aside from its application to the mutational analysis of candidate genes, DHPLC has proven instrumental in elucidating human evolution and in the mapping of genes. Employing completely denaturing conditions, the utility of DHPLC has been extended to the genotyping of known polymorphisms by utilizing the ability of poly(styrene-divinylbenzene) to resolve single-stranded DNA molecules of identical size that differ in a single base. Under completely denaturing conditions, it is thus possible to resolve all possible base substitutions with the single exception of C-->G transversions. Improvements in throughput became feasible with the recent introduction of monolithic poly(styrene-divinylbenzene) capillaries that lend themselves to the fabrication of arrays connected to a multi-color laser induced fluorescence scanner or a mass spectrometer.
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- W Xiao
- Genome Technology Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
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Colbert T, Till BJ, Tompa R, Reynolds S, Steine MN, Yeung AT, McCallum CM, Comai L, Henikoff S. High-throughput screening for induced point mutations. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2001; 126:480-4. [PMID: 11402178 PMCID: PMC1540114 DOI: 10.1104/pp.126.2.480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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- T Colbert
- Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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Many missense substitutions are identified in single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data and large-scale random mutagenesis projects. Each amino acid substitution potentially affects protein function. We have constructed a tool that uses sequence homology to predict whether a substitution affects protein function. SIFT, which sorts intolerant from tolerant substitutions, classifies substitutions as tolerated or deleterious. A higher proportion of substitutions predicted to be deleterious by SIFT gives an affected phenotype than substitutions predicted to be deleterious by substitution scoring matrices in three test cases. Using SIFT before mutagenesis studies could reduce the number of functional assays required and yield a higher proportion of affected phenotypes. may be used to identify plausible disease candidates among the SNPs that cause missense substitutions.
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- P C Ng
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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Current Awareness on Comparative and Functional Genomics. Comp Funct Genomics 2001. [PMCID: PMC2447185 DOI: 10.1002/cfg.55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The phytochrome family of sensory photoreceptors transduces environmental light signals to responsive nuclear genes by poorly defined pathways. The recent application of yeast two-hybrid library screens to the identification of components that physically interact with members of the phytochrome family has dramatically altered previous views of the likely intracellular signaling pathways. The evidence indicates that one pathway involves light-triggered translocation of the photoreceptor molecule from cytoplasm to nucleus where it binds specifically in its biologically active form to a promoter-bound basic helix-loop-helix protein. The phytochrome molecules are proposed to function as integral, light-switchable components of transcriptional regulator complexes targeting environmental light signals directly and instantly to specific gene promoters.
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- P H Quail
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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Spiegelman JI, Mindrinos MN, Fankhauser C, Richards D, Lutes J, Chory J, Oefner PJ. Cloning of the Arabidopsis RSF1 gene by using a mapping strategy based on high-density DNA arrays and denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography. THE PLANT CELL 2000; 12:2485-2498. [PMID: 11148292 PMCID: PMC102232 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.12.12.2485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2000] [Accepted: 11/07/2000] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Mapping genes by chromosome walking is a widely used technique applicable to cloning virtually any gene that is identifiable by mutagenesis. We isolated the gene responsible for the recessive mutation rsf1 (for reduced sensitivity to far-red light) in the Arabidopsis Columbia accession by using classical genetic analysis and two recently developed technologies: genotyping high-density oligonucleotide DNA array and denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC). The Arabidopsis AT412 genotyping array and 32 F(2) plants were used to map the rsf1 mutation close to the top of chromosome 1 to an interval of approximately 500 kb. Using DHPLC, we found and genotyped additional markers for fine mapping, shortening the interval to approximately 50 kb. The mutant gene was directly identified by DHPLC by comparing amplicons generated separately from the rsf1 mutant and the parent strain Columbia. DHPLC analysis yielded polymorphic profiles in two overlapping polymorphic amplicons attributable to a 13-bp deletion in the third of five exons of a gene encoding a 292-amino acid protein with a basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain. The mutation in rsf1 results in a truncated protein consisting of the first 129 amino acids but lacking the bHLH domain. Cloning the RSF1 gene strongly suggests that numerous phytochrome A-mediated responses require a bHLH class transcription factor.
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- J I Spiegelman
- Genome Technology Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
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Riechmann JL, Ratcliffe OJ. A genomic perspective on plant transcription factors. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2000; 3:423-34. [PMID: 11019812 DOI: 10.1016/s1369-5266(00)00107-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Data from the Arabidopsis genome project suggest that more than 5% of the genes of this plant encode transcription factors. The necessity for the use of genomic analytical approaches becomes clear when it is considered that less than 10% of these factors have been genetically characterized. A variety of tools for functional genomic analyses in plants have been developed over the past few years. The availability of the full complement of Arabidopsis transcription factors, together with the results of recent studies that illustrate some of the challenges to their functional characterization, now provides the basic framework for future analyses of transcriptional regulation in plants.
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- J L Riechmann
- Mendel Biotechnology, Hayward, California 94545, USA.
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