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Toward the development of Ac/Ds transposon-mediated gene tagging system for functional genomics in oat (Avena sativa L.). Funct Integr Genomics 2022; 22:669-681. [PMID: 35467221 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-022-00861-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Revised: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Cultivated oat (Avena sativa L.) is an important cereal grown worldwide due to its multifunctional uses for animal feed and human food. Oat has lagged behind other cereals in the genetic and genomic studies attributed to its large and complex genomes. Transposon-based genome characterization has been utilized successfully for identifying and determining gene function in large genome cereals. To develop gene tagging and gene-editing resources for oat, maize Activator (Ac) and Dissociation (Ds) transposons were introduced into the oat genome using the biolistic delivery system. A total of 2035 oat calli were bombarded and twenty-four independent, stable transgenic events were obtained. Transformation frequencies were up to 19.0%, and 1.9% for bialaphos and hygromycin selection, respectively. Re-mobilization of the non-autonomous Ds element, by introducing Ac transposase source, led to a transposition frequency up to 16.8%. The properties of ten unique flanking sequences have been characterized to reveal the Ds-tagged sites in the oat genome. Genes at Ds insertion sites showed homology to gibberellin 20-oxidase 3, (1,3;1,4)-beta-D-glucan synthase, and aspartate kinase. This Ac/Ds transposon-based gene tagging system could facilitate and expedite functional genomic studies in oat.
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Rotasperti L, Sansoni F, Mizzotti C, Tadini L, Pesaresi P. Barley's Second Spring as A Model Organism for Chloroplast Research. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9070803. [PMID: 32604986 PMCID: PMC7411767 DOI: 10.3390/plants9070803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Revised: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Barley (Hordeum vulgare) has been widely used as a model crop for studying molecular and physiological processes such as chloroplast development and photosynthesis. During the second half of the 20th century, mutants such as albostrians led to the discovery of the nuclear-encoded, plastid-localized RNA polymerase and the retrograde (chloroplast-to-nucleus) signalling communication pathway, while chlorina-f2 and xantha mutants helped to shed light on the chlorophyll biosynthetic pathway, on the light-harvesting proteins and on the organization of the photosynthetic apparatus. However, during the last 30 years, a large fraction of chloroplast research has switched to the more “user-friendly” model species Arabidopsis thaliana, the first plant species whose genome was sequenced and published at the end of 2000. Despite its many advantages, Arabidopsis has some important limitations compared to barley, including the lack of a real canopy and the absence of the proplastid-to-chloroplast developmental gradient across the leaf blade. These features, together with the availability of large collections of natural genetic diversity and mutant populations for barley, a complete genome assembly and protocols for genetic transformation and gene editing, have relaunched barley as an ideal model species for chloroplast research. In this review, we provide an update on the genomics tools now available for barley, and review the biotechnological strategies reported to increase photosynthesis efficiency in model species, which deserve to be validated in barley.
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Gang H, Liu G, Zhang M, Zhao Y, Jiang J, Chen S. Comprehensive characterization of T-DNA integration induced chromosomal rearrangement in a birch T-DNA mutant. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:311. [PMID: 31014254 PMCID: PMC6480916 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-5636-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Accepted: 03/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Integration of T-DNA into plant genomes via Agrobacterium may interrupt gene structure and generate numerous mutants. The T-DNA caused mutants are valuable materials for understanding T-DNA integration model in plant research. T-DNA integration in plants is complex and still largely unknown. In this work, we reported that multiple T-DNA fragments caused chromosomal translocation and deletion in a birch (Betula platyphylla × B. pendula) T-DNA mutant yl. Results We performed PacBio genome resequencing for yl and the result revealed that two ends of a T-DNA can be integrated into plant genome independently because the two ends can be linked to different chromosomes and cause chromosomal translocation. We also found that these T-DNA were connected into tandem fragment regardless of direction before integrating into plant genome. In addition, the integration of T-DNA in yl genome also caused several chromosomal fragments deletion. We then summarized three cases for T-DNA integration model in the yl genome. (1) A T-DNA fragment is linked to the two ends of a double-stranded break (DSB); (2) Only one end of a T-DNA fragment is linked to a DSB; (3) A T-DNA fragment is linked to the ends of different DSBs. All the observations in the yl genome supported the DSB repair model. Conclusions In this study, we showed a comprehensive genome analysis of a T-DNA mutant and provide a new insight into T-DNA integration in plants. These findings would be helpful for the analysis of T-DNA mutants with special phenotypes. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12864-019-5636-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Huixin Gang
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040, China.
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Cardinal MJ, Kaur R, Singh J. Genetic Transformation of Hordeum vulgare ssp. spontaneum for the Development of a Transposon-Based Insertional Mutagenesis System. Mol Biotechnol 2016; 58:672-683. [PMID: 27480175 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-016-9967-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Domestication and intensive selective breeding of plants has triggered erosion of genetic diversity of important stress-related alleles. Researchers highlight the potential of using wild accessions as a gene source for improvement of cereals such as barley, which has major economic and social importance worldwide. Previously, we have successfully introduced the maize Ac/Ds transposon system for gene identification in cultivated barley. The objective of current research was to investigate the response of Hordeum vulgare ssp. spontaneum wild barley accessions in tissue culture to standardize parameters for introduction of Ac/Ds transposons through genetic transformation. We investigated the response of ten wild barley genotypes for callus induction, regenerative green callus induction and regeneration of fertile plants. The activity of exogenous Ac/Ds elements was observed through a transient assay on immature wild barley embryos/callus whereby transformed embryos/calli were identified by the expression of GUS. Transient Ds expression bombardment experiments were performed on 352 pieces of callus (3-5 mm each) or immature embryos in 4 genotypes of wild barley. The transformation frequency of putative transgenic callus lines based on transient GUS expression ranged between 72 and100 % in wild barley genotypes. This is the first report of a transformation system in H. vulgare ssp. spontaneum.
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- Marie-Josée Cardinal
- Plant Science Department, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, H9X 3V9, Canada
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- Department of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, H9X 3V9, Canada
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- Plant Science Department, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, H9X 3V9, Canada.
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Induced Genetic Variation, TILLING and NGS-Based Cloning. BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO BARLEY IMPROVEMENT 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-44406-1_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Transgenic barley: a prospective tool for biotechnology and agriculture. Biotechnol Adv 2013; 32:137-57. [PMID: 24084493 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2013.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2013] [Revised: 09/20/2013] [Accepted: 09/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is one of the founder crops of agriculture, and today it is the fourth most important cereal grain worldwide. Barley is used as malt in brewing and distilling industry, as an additive for animal feed, and as a component of various food and bread for human consumption. Progress in stable genetic transformation of barley ensures a potential for improvement of its agronomic performance or use of barley in various biotechnological and industrial applications. Recently, barley grain has been successfully used in molecular farming as a promising bioreactor adapted for production of human therapeutic proteins or animal vaccines. In addition to development of reliable transformation technologies, an extensive amount of various barley genetic resources and tools such as sequence data, microarrays, genetic maps, and databases has been generated. Current status on barley transformation technologies including gene transfer techniques, targets, and progeny stabilization, recent trials for improvement of agricultural traits and performance of barley, especially in relation to increased biotic and abiotic stress tolerance, and potential use of barley grain as a protein production platform have been reviewed in this study. Overall, barley represents a promising tool for both agricultural and biotechnological transgenic approaches, and is considered an ancient but rediscovered crop as a model industrial platform for molecular farming.
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A root-specific wall-associated kinase gene, HvWAK1, regulates root growth and is highly divergent in barley and other cereals. Funct Integr Genomics 2013; 13:167-77. [PMID: 23443578 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-013-0310-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2012] [Revised: 01/20/2013] [Accepted: 02/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Wall-associated receptor-like kinases (WAKs) are important candidates for directly linking the extracellular matrix with intracellular compartments and are involved in developmental processes and stress response. WAK gene family has been identified in plants such as Arabidopsis and rice. Here, we present a detailed analysis of the WAK1 gene from barley cv. Golden Promise, mapped to chromosome 5H. Three BAC clones corresponding to the WAK fragment were sequenced and the full-length WAK1 gene was characterized. The gene has three exons and two short introns with a coding region of 2,178 bp encoding a protein of 725 amino acids. A regulatory region was analyzed in -1,000 bp sequence upstream to start codon. Using conserved domains database and SMART, various conserved domains such as GUB WAK Bind, epidermal growth factor CA, and protein kinase C as well as other regions like signal peptides, active sites, and transmembrane domains were identified. The gene organization of HvWAK1 was compared with wheat (TaWAK1) and Arabidopsis (AtWAK1), suggesting that the WAK1 gene organization has remained highly conserved. Nonetheless, WAK1 was found to be highly divergent when compared with sequences available from barley cv. Haruna Nijo (50 %), rice (46 %), wheat (21 %), Arabidopsis (25 %), and maize (19 %). This divergence may have facilitated a better adaptation to surrounding environments due to its role in communication between the extracellular matrix, cell, and outer environment. Semiquantitative RT-PCR-based expression analysis indicates HvWAK1 expression is specific to roots. Significant differences in root growth between GP wild type and GP-Ds mutant seedlings were observed under control and salt stress conditions.
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Maize Activator (Ac) is one of the prototype transposable elements of the hAT transposon superfamily, members of which were identified in plants, fungi, and animals. The autonomous Ac and nonautonomous Dissociation (Ds) elements are mobilized by the single transposase protein encoded by Ac. To date Ac/Ds transposons were shown to be functional in approximately 20 plant species and have become the most widely used transposable elements for gene tagging and functional genomics approaches in plants. In this chapter we review the biology, regulation, and transposition mechanism of Ac/Ds elements in maize and heterologous plants. We discuss the parameters that are known to influence the functionality and transposition efficiency of Ac/Ds transposons and need to be considered when designing Ac transposase expression constructs and Ds elements for application in heterologous plant species.
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- Katina Lazarow
- Leibniz-Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP), Berlin, Germany
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Activator/Dissociation (Ac/Ds) transposable elements from maize are widely used as insertional mutagenesis and gene isolation tools in plants and more recently also in medaka and zebrafish. They are particularly valuable for plant species that are transformation-recalcitrant and have long generation cycles or large genomes with low gene densities. Ac/Ds transposition frequencies vary widely, however, and in some species they are too low for large-scale mutagenesis. We discovered a hyperactive Ac transposase derivative, AcTPase(4x), that catalyzes in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae 100-fold more frequent Ds excisions than the wild-type transposase, whereas the reintegration frequency of excised Ds elements is unchanged (57%). Comparable to the wild-type transposase in plants, AcTPase(4x) catalyzes Ds insertion preferentially into coding regions and to genetically linked sites, but the mutant protein apparently has lost the weak bias of the wild-type protein for insertion sites with elevated guanine-cytosine content and nonrandom protein-DNA twist. AcTPase(4x) exhibits hyperactivity also in Arabidopsis thaliana where it effects a more than sixfold increase in Ds excision relative to wild-type AcTPase and thus may be useful to facilitate Ac/Ds-based insertion mutagenesis approaches.
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Singh S, Tan HQ, Singh J. Mutagenesis of barley malting quality QTLs with Ds transposons. Funct Integr Genomics 2011; 12:131-41. [DOI: 10.1007/s10142-011-0258-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2011] [Revised: 10/25/2011] [Accepted: 11/02/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Advances in sequencing technology have led to the availability of complete genome sequences of many different plant species. In order to make sense of this deluge of information, functional genomics efforts have been intensified on many fronts. With improvements in plant transformation technologies, T-DNA and/or transposon-based gene and enhancer-tagged populations in various crop species are being developed to augment functional annotation of genes and also to help clone important genes. State-of-the-art cloning and sequencing technologies, which would help identify T-DNA or transposon junction sequences in large genomes, have also been initiated. This chapter gives a brief history of enhancer trapping and then proceeds to describe gene and enhancer tagging in plants. The significance of reporter gene fusion populations in plant genomics, especially in important cereal crops, is discussed.
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Ayliffe MA, Pryor AJ. Transposon-based activation tagging in cereals. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2009; 36:915-921. [PMID: 32688702 DOI: 10.1071/fp09130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2009] [Accepted: 08/14/2009] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Advances in DNA sequencing technologies have produced an ever increasing number of sequenced genomes. However, many of the genes identified in these sequencing efforts have unknown functions or functions inferred based upon sequence homology, highlighting the necessity for functional gene analysis. Mutagenesis combined with phenotypic analyses remains a key mechanism for identifying and establishing gene function. Activation tagging is a mutagenic process that uses altered gene expression, usually gene overexpression, to generate mutant phenotypes. We have developed an activation tagging system in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) based upon a maize (Zea mays L.) transposable element that carries two highly expressed cereal promoters. Insertion of this mobile genetic element in the genome can lead to insertional gene inactivation, gene overexpression and gene silencing through the production of antisense transcripts. This transposable element system has also been introduced into both wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and maize and transposon mobility observed.
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- M A Ayliffe
- CSIRO Plant Industry, Box 1600, Clunies Ross Street, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- CSIRO Plant Industry, Box 1600, Clunies Ross Street, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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Randhawa HS, Singh J, Lemaux PG, Gill KS. Mapping barleyDsinsertions using wheat deletion lines reveals high insertion frequencies in gene-rich regions with high to moderate recombination rates. Genome 2009; 52:566-75. [DOI: 10.1139/g09-029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Gene distribution is highly uneven in the large genomes of barley and wheat; however, location, order, and gene density of gene-containing regions are very similar between the two genomes. Flanking sequences from 35 unique, single-copy, barley Ds insertion events were physically mapped using wheat nullisomic-tetrasomic, ditelosomic, and deletion lines. Of the 35 sequences, 23 (66%) detected 34 loci mapping on all 7 homoeologous wheat groups. Seven sequences were not mapped owing to lack of polymorphism and the remaining 5 (14%) were barley-specific. All 34 loci physically mapped to the previously identified gene-rich regions (GRRs) of wheat, making the contained genes candidates for targeted mutagenesis by remobilization. Transpositions occurred preferentially into GRRs with higher recombination rates. The GRRs containing 17 of the 23 Ds insertions accounted for 60%–89% of the respective arm’s recombination. The remaining 6 (17%) insertions mapped to GRRs with <15% of the arm’s recombination. Overall, kb/cM estimates for the Ds-containing GRRs were twofold higher than those for regions without insertions. These results suggest that all genes may be targeted by transposon-based gene cloning, although the transposition frequency for genes present in recombination-poor regions is significantly less than that present in highly recombinogenic regions.
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- Harpinder S. Randhawa
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, 277 Johnson Hall, P.O. Box 646420, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6420, USA
- Department of Plant Science, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9, Canada
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, 277 Johnson Hall, P.O. Box 646420, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6420, USA
- Department of Plant Science, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9, Canada
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, 277 Johnson Hall, P.O. Box 646420, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6420, USA
- Department of Plant Science, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9, Canada
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, 277 Johnson Hall, P.O. Box 646420, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6420, USA
- Department of Plant Science, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9, Canada
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA
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Lazarow K, Lütticke S. An Ac/Ds-mediated gene trap system for functional genomics in barley. BMC Genomics 2009; 10:55. [PMID: 19178688 PMCID: PMC2647555 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2008] [Accepted: 01/29/2009] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Background Gene trapping is a powerful tool for gene discovery and functional genomics in both animals and plants. Upon insertion of the gene trap construct into an expressed gene, splice donor and acceptor sites facilitate the generation of transcriptional fusions between the flanking sequence and the reporter. Consequently, detection of reporter gene expression allows the identification of genes based on their expression pattern. Up to now rice is the only cereal crop for which gene trap approaches exist. In this study we describe a gene trap system in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) based on the maize transposable elements Ac/Ds. Results We generated gene trap barley lines by crossing Ac transposase expressing plants with multiple independent transformants carrying the Ds based gene trap construct GTDsB. Upstream of the β-Glucuronidase start codon GTDsB carries splice donor and acceptor sites optimized for monocotyledonous plants. DNA blot analysis revealed GTDsB transposition frequencies of 11% and 26% in the F1 and F2 generation of gene trap lines and perpetuation of transposition activity in later generations. Furthermore, analysis of sequences flanking transposed GTDsB elements evidenced preferential insertion into expressed regions of the barley genome. We screened leaves, nodes, immature florets, pollinated florets, immature grains and seedlings of F2 plants and detected GUS expression in 51% (72/141) of the plants. Thus, reporter gene expression was found in 24 of the 28 F1 lines tested and in progeny of all GTDsB parental lines. Conclusion Due to the frequent transposition of GTDsB and the efficient expression of the GUS reporter gene, we conclude that this Ac/Ds-based gene trap system is an applicable approach for gene discovery in barley. The successful introduction of a gene trap construct optimized for monocots in barley contributes a novel functional genomics tool for this cereal crop.
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- Katina Lazarow
- Biocenter Klein Flottbek, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
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Qu S, Desai A, Wing R, Sundaresan V. A versatile transposon-based activation tag vector system for functional genomics in cereals and other monocot plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 146:189-99. [PMID: 17993541 PMCID: PMC2230568 DOI: 10.1104/pp.107.111427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2007] [Accepted: 10/30/2007] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Transposon insertional mutagenesis is an effective alternative to T-DNA mutagenesis when transformation through tissue culture is inefficient as is the case for many crop species. When used as activation tags, transposons can be exploited to generate novel gain-of-function phenotypes without transformation and are of particular value in the study of polyploid plants where gene knockouts will not have phenotypes. We have developed an in cis-activation-tagging Ac-Ds transposon system in which a T-DNA vector carries a Dissociation (Ds) element containing 4x cauliflower mosaic virus enhancers along with the Activator (Ac) transposase gene. Stable Ds insertions were selected using green fluorescent protein and red fluorescent protein genes driven by promoters that are functional in maize (Zea mays) and rice (Oryza sativa). The system has been tested in rice, where 638 stable Ds insertions were selected from an initial set of 26 primary transformants. By analysis of 311 flanking sequences mapped to the rice genome, we could demonstrate the wide distribution of the elements over the rice chromosomes. Enhanced expression of rice genes adjacent to Ds insertions was detected in the insertion lines using semiquantitative reverse transcription-PCR method. The in cis-two-element vector system requires minimal number of primary transformants and eliminates the need for crossing, while the use of fluorescent markers instead of antibiotic or herbicide resistance increases the applicability to other plants and eliminates problems with escapes. Because Ac-Ds has been shown to transpose widely in the plant kingdom, the activation vector system developed in this study should be of utility more generally to other monocots.
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- Shaohong Qu
- Section of Plant Biology , University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Lemaux PG. Genetically Engineered Plants and Foods: A Scientist's Analysis of the Issues (Part I). ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2008; 59:771-812. [PMID: 18284373 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.58.032806.103840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Through the use of the new tools of genetic engineering, genes can be introduced into the same plant or animal species or into plants or animals that are not sexually compatible-the latter is a distinction with classical breeding. This technology has led to the commercial production of genetically engineered (GE) crops on approximately 250 million acres worldwide. These crops generally are herbicide and pest tolerant, but other GE crops in the pipeline focus on other traits. For some farmers and consumers, planting and eating foods from these crops are acceptable; for others they raise issues related to safety of the foods and the environment. In Part I of this review some general and food issues raised regarding GE crops and foods will be addressed. Responses to these issues, where possible, cite peer-reviewed scientific literature. In Part II to appear in 2009, issues related to environmental and socioeconomic aspects of GE crops and foods will be covered.
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- Peggy G Lemaux
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
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Pastori GM, Huttly A, West J, Sparks C, Pieters A, Luna CM, Jones HD, Foyer CH. The maize Activator/Dissociation system is functional in hexaploid wheat through successive generations. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2007; 34:835-843. [PMID: 32689411 DOI: 10.1071/fp07112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2007] [Accepted: 07/03/2007] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The aim of the present study was to provide useful background information and evidence of the functionality of the maize Activator/Dissociation (Ac/Ds) system in hexaploid wheat. Two transgenic parental wheat lines, one harbouring the immobilised Ac element (iAc) and the other the Ds element (pUbi[Ds-uidA]bar), were crossed. Transient GUS assays confirmed that the iAc transposase is active in hexaploid wheat. Selected F1 and F2 lines were analysed by PCR using primers specific to Ac, uidA and bar genes. The primer pair Ubi/bar-tag was used to detect excision of the Ds-uidA sequence, which occurred at a frequency of 39% in the F1 generation. Lines free of Ac and showing evidence of Ds excision were subject to Southern analysis, which indicated that at least one transposition event might have occurred in these lines. Although more evidence is required to unequivocally support the reintegration of the Ds element in the wheat genome, the evidence presented here nevertheless demonstrates the effectiveness and potential value of using this system to tag genes in wheat.
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- Gabriela M Pastori
- Crop Performance and Improvement Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Crop Performance and Improvement Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Crop Performance and Improvement Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Crop Performance and Improvement Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK
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- IVI, Centro de Ecología, Altos de Pipe, Carretera Panamericana Km 11, Apartado 21827, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela
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- Instituto de Fitopatología y FisiologíaVegetal (IFFIVE)-INTA, Camino 60 cuadras Km 5, 5009 Cordoba, Argentina
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- Crop Performance and Improvement Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK
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- School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Agriculture Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
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Ayliffe MA, Pallotta M, Langridge P, Pryor AJ. A barley activation tagging system. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 64:329-47. [PMID: 17429742 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-007-9157-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2006] [Accepted: 02/26/2007] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Activation tagging, as the result of random genomic insertion of either promoter or enhancer sequences, can produce novel, dominant mutations by over-expression of endogenous genes. This powerful genomics tool has been used extensively in dicot species such as Arabidopsis, while rice is the only cereal for which an equivalent system exists. In this study we describe an activation tagging system in barley based upon the maize Ac/Ds transposable element system. A modified Ds element (UbiDs) containing two maize polyubiquitin promoters, transposed in families derived from multiple independent UbiDs transformants and generated new Ds insertion events at frequencies ranging from 0% to 52% per family. The majority of transposed UbiDs elements activated high levels of adjacent flanking sequence transcription. Transposon-mediated expression was detected in all barley cell and tissue types analysed suggesting that this system is applicable to all aspects of plant development and biogenesis. In addition to transcriptional activation, this system is also capable of generating insertional knockout mutants and a UbiDs inactivated allele of the granule bound starch synthase I gene (waxy) was recovered that lead to reduced amylose accumulation. The recovery and analysis of dominant over-expression phenotypes generated by this system will provide a novel approach to understanding gene function in large cereal genomes where gene redundancy may mask conventional loss-of-function mutations.
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- Michael A Ayliffe
- CSIRO Plant Industry, Box 1600, Clunies Ross Drive, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia.
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Bregitzer P, Cooper LD, Hayes PM, Lemaux PG, Singh J, Sturbaum AK. Viability and bar expression are negatively correlated in Oregon Wolfe Barley Dominant hybrids. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2007; 5:381-8. [PMID: 17359497 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2007.00247.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The expression level of bar, which encodes phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (PAT), was correlated with the inviability of barley hybrids between 20 Golden Promise-derived transgenic lines (Ds-bar lines) and a specialized genetic marker stock, Oregon Wolfe Barley Dominant (OWBD). Each Ds-bar line was homozygous for a modified maize Ds element that encoded bar and that had been delivered via transposition to a unique location. All Ds-bar lines were viable and morphologically similar. Only four of the 20 hybrid populations were viable. The remaining populations died prior to producing seed. Phenotypic, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analyses of these lines, and of lines from unrelated transformation events that also expressed bar, showed that viability was negatively correlated with bar expression. Analysis of crosses of a high-bar-expressing line with the OWB mapping population showed that the sensitivity of OWBD to PAT segregated as a single locus on chromosome 6HL. No sensitivity to PAT could be detected in several other lines and cultivars. OWBD has been shown to be genetically divergent from other germplasm groups within cultivated barley; therefore, the observed sensitivity may be peculiar to OWBD and thus would not impact generally on the utility of bar as a selectable marker or source of herbicide resistance in barley. Nevertheless, these results demonstrate the extent of allelic variability present in Hordeum vulgare, and suggest an additional variable for consideration when devising protocols for the transformation of Hordeum cultivars or landraces that are not known to be tolerant to PAT.
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- Phil Bregitzer
- National Small Grains Germplasm Research Facility, USDA-ARS, Aberdeen, ID 83210, USA.
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Ayliffe MA, Pryor AJ. Activation tagging in plants—generation of novel, gain-of-function mutations. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1071/ar06154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Activation tagging is a mutagenesis strategy that generates dominant, gain-of-function mutations as a consequence of gene over-expression. These mutations cause a class of mutant previously unobtainable by conventional mutagenesis. Unlike most mutant phenotypes, which are generally a consequence of gene inactivation, activation tagged phenotypes arise from excess functional gene product. Gene over-expression mutations are obtained by randomly inserting regulatory sequences throughout the genome, using either high-throughput plant transformation or mobile transposable elements to distribute these regulatory elements. Since the sequence of the regulatory element vector is known, it acts as a molecular tag, making isolation of the over-expressed gene a relatively straightforward process using standard molecular biological techniques. Activation tagged phenotypes have been generated by the over-expression of genes encoding a diverse range of protein and RNA products that are involved in all aspects of plant biogenesis. This mutation approach has been used extensively in Arabidopsis and to a lesser extent in several other species. In this review we summarise activation tagging in plants and suggest that the development of this mutagenesis strategy in more plants of agronomic significance is highly desirable.
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Singh J, Zhang S, Chen C, Cooper L, Bregitzer P, Sturbaum A, Hayes PM, Lemaux PG. High-frequency Ds remobilization over multiple generations in barley facilitates gene tagging in large genome cereals. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 62:937-50. [PMID: 17004014 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-006-9067-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2006] [Accepted: 07/26/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Transposable elements have certain advantages over other approaches for identifying and determining gene function in large genome cereals. Different strategies have been used to exploit the maize Activator/dissociation (Ac/Ds) transposon system for functional genomics in heterologous species. Either large numbers of independent Ds insertion lines or transposants (TNPs) are generated and screened phenotypically, or smaller numbers of TNPs are produced, Ds locations mapped and remobilized for localized gene targeting. It is imperative to characterize key features of the system in order to utilize the latter strategy, which is more feasible in large genome cereals like barley and wheat. In barley, we generated greater than 100 single-copy Ds TNPs and determined remobilization frequencies of primary, secondary, and tertiary TNPs with intact terminal inverted repeats (TIRs); frequencies ranged from 11.8 to 17.1%. In 16% of TNPs that had damaged TIRs no transposition was detected among progeny of crosses using those TNPs as parental lines. In half of the greater than 100 TNP lines, the nature of flanking sequences and status of the 11 bp TIRs and 8-bp direct repeats were determined. BLAST searches using a gene prediction program revealed that 86% of TNP flanking sequences matched either known or putative genes, indicating preferential Ds insertion into genic regions, critical in large genome species. Observed remobilization frequencies of primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary TNPs, coupled with the tendency for localized Ds transposition, validates a saturation mutagenesis approach using Ds to tag and characterize genes linked to Ds in large genome cereals like barley and wheat.
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- Jaswinder Singh
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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Meng L, Ziv M, Lemaux PG. Nature of stress and transgene locus influences transgene expression stability in barley. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 62:15-28. [PMID: 16900326 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-006-9000-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2005] [Accepted: 04/06/2006] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Stress and the nature of the transgene locus can affect transgene expression stability. These effects were studied in two, stably expressing, T6 populations of barley (Hordeum vulgare): bombardment-mediated, multi-copy lines with ubiquitin-driven bar and uidA or single-copy lines from Ds-mediated gene delivery with ubiquitin-driven bar alone. Imposing the environmental stresses, water and nutrient deprivation and heat shock, did not reproducibly affect transgene expression stability; however, high frequencies of heritable transcriptional gene silencing (TGS) occurred following in vitro culture after six generations of stable expression in the multi-copy subline, T3#30, but not in the other lines studied. T3#30 plants with complete TGS had epigenetic modification patterns exactly like those in an identical sibling subline, T3#31, which had significant reduction in transgene expression in the T3 generation and was completely transcriptionally silenced in the absence of imposed stresses in the T6 generation. Complete TGS in T3#30 plants correlated with methylation in the 5'UTR and intron of the ubi1 promoter complex and condensation of chromatin around the transgenes; DNA methylation likely occurred prior to chromatin condensation. Partial TGS in T3#30 also correlated with methylation of the ubi1 promoter complex, as occurred with complete TGS. T3#30 has a complex transgene structure with inverted repeat transgene fragments and a 3'-LTR from a barley retrotransposon, and therefore the transgene locus itself may affect its tendency to silence after in vitro culture and transgene silencing might result from host defense mechanisms activated by changes in plant developmental programming and/or stresses imposed during in vitro growth.
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- Ling Meng
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, 111 Koshland Hall, Berkeley , CA 94720, USA
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Zhao T, Palotta M, Langridge P, Prasad M, Graner A, Schulze-Lefert P, Koprek T. Mapped Ds/T-DNA launch pads for functional genomics in barley. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 47:811-26. [PMID: 16889649 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2006.02831.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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A system for targeted gene tagging and local saturation mutagenesis based on maize transposable elements (Ac/Ds) was developed in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). We generated large numbers of transgenic barley lines carrying a single copy of the non-autonomous maize Ds element at defined positions in the genome. Independent Ds lines were either generated by activating Ds elements in existing single-copy lines after crossing with AcTPase-expressing plants or by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Genomic DNA flanking Ds and T-DNA insertion sites from over 200 independent lines was isolated and sequenced, and was used for a sequence based mapping strategy in a barley reference population. More than 100 independent Ds insertion sites were mapped and can be used as launch pads for future targeted tagging of genes in the vicinity of the insertion sites. Sequence analysis of Ds and T-DNA flanking regions revealed a sevenfold preference of both mutagens for insertion into non-redundant, gene-containing regions of the barley genome. However, whilst transposed Ds elements preferentially inserted adjacent to regions with a high number of predicted and experimentally validated matrix attachment regions (nuclear MARs), this was not the case for T-DNA integration sites. These findings and an observed high transposition frequency from mapped launch pads demonstrate the future potential of gene tagging for functional genomics and gene discovery in barley.
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- Tiehan Zhao
- Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné Weg 10, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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Upadhyaya NM, Zhu QH, Zhou XR, Eamens AL, Hoque MS, Ramm K, Shivakkumar R, Smith KF, Pan ST, Li S, Peng K, Kim SJ, Dennis ES. Dissociation (Ds) constructs, mapped Ds launch pads and a transiently-expressed transposase system suitable for localized insertional mutagenesis in rice. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2006; 112:1326-41. [PMID: 16505997 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-006-0235-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2005] [Accepted: 01/29/2006] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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We have developed a transiently-expressed transposase (TET)-mediated Dissociation (Ds) insertional mutagenesis system for generating stable insertion lines in rice which will allow localized mutagenesis of a chromosomal region. In this system, a Ds containing T-DNA construct was used to produce Ds launch pad lines. Callus tissues, from single-copy Ds/T-DNA lines, were then transiently infected with Agrobacterium harbouring an immobile Ac (iAc) construct, also containing a green fluorescent protein gene (sgfpS65T) as the visual marker. We have regenerated stable Ds insertion lines at a frequency of 9-13% using selection for Ds excision and GFP counter selection against iAc and nearly half of them were unique insertion lines. Double transformants (iAc/Ds) were also obtained and their progeny yielded approximately 10% stable insertion lines following excision and visual marker screening with 50% redundancy. In general, more than 50% of the Ds reinsertions were within 1 cM of the launch pad. We have produced a large number of single-copy Ds/T-DNA launch pads distributed over the rice chromosomes and have further refined the Ds/T-DNA construct to enrich for "clean" single-copy T-DNA insertions. The availability of single copy "clean" Ds/T-DNA launch pads will facilitate chromosomal region-directed insertion mutagenesis. This system provides an opportunity for distribution of gene tagging tasks among collaborating laboratories on the basis of chromosomal locations.
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Altinkut A, Kotseruba V, Kirzhner VM, Nevo E, Raskina O, Belyayev A. Ac-like transposons in populations of wild diploid Triticeae species: comparative analysis of chromosomal distribution. Chromosome Res 2006; 14:307-17. [PMID: 16628501 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-006-1048-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2005] [Accepted: 02/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Data are presented on the intra- and interspecific differences/similarities in chromosomal patterns of Ac-like elements (hAT family) in ecologically contrasted populations of three Triticeae species - Aegilops speltoides, Triticum urartu, and Hordeum spontaneum. Application of original computer software made it possible to precisely map transposon clusters and to link them to known chromosomal markers (rDNA sites, centromeres, and heterochromatin regions). From our data we can specify the most visible features of Ac-like elements chromosomal distribution: preferential concentration in chromosomal proximal regions; high percentage of clusters on the border between euchromatin and heterochromatin; complementary chromosomal arrangement towards En/Spm transposons (CACTA); population-specific insertions into centromeres; more differences in total cluster numbers between populations of self-pollinated species than between populations of cross-pollinated species. The application of statistical simulation (Resampling) method to analysis of data indicates that ecology may play a certain role in dynamics of Ac-like elements. Comparison of real Ayala distances, as well as real chromosomal distribution of Ac-like elements in populations of two species with different mating systems with the same but randomly simulated parameters, revealed that non-random population structure in the Mediterranean floral zone suffers and becomes chaotic in the Irano-Turanian zone.
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- Ahu Altinkut
- Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Mt Carmel, Haifa, 31905, Israel
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Szeverenyi I, Ramamoorthy R, Teo ZW, Luan HF, Ma ZG, Ramachandran S. Large-scale systematic study on stability of the Ds element and timing of transposition in rice. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2006; 47:84-95. [PMID: 16275658 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Activator/Dissociation (Ac/Ds) transposon mutagenesis is a widely used tool for gene identification; however, several reports on silencing of the Ac/Ds element in starter lines and in stable transposants question the applicability of such an approach in later generations. We have performed a systematic analysis on various aspects of the silencing phenomenon in rice (Oryza sativa ssp. japonica cv. Nipponbare). High somatic and germinal transposition frequencies observed in earlier generations were maintained as late as T4 and T5 generations; thus the propagation of parental lines did not induce transposon silencing. Moreover, the stably transposed Ds element was active even at the F5 generation, since Ac could remobilize the Ds element as indicated by the footprint analysis of several revertants. Expression of the bar gene was monitored from F3 to F6 generations in >1,000 lines. Strikingly, substantial transgene silencing was not observed in any of the generations tested. We analyzed the timing of transposition during rice development and provide evidence that Ds is transposed late after tiller formation. The possibility, that the independent events could be the result of secondary transposition, was ruled out by analyzing potential footprints by reciprocal PCR. Our study validates the Ac/Ds system as a tool for large-scale mutagenesis in rice, since the Ds elements were active in the starter and insertion lines even in the later generations. We propose that harvesting rice seeds using their panicles is an alternative way to increase the number of independent transposants due to post-tillering transposition.
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- Ildiko Szeverenyi
- Rice Functional Genomics Group, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, National University of Singapore
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Conrad LJ, Brutnell TP. Ac-immobilized, a stable source of Activator transposase that mediates sporophytic and gametophytic excision of Dissociation elements in maize. Genetics 2005; 171:1999-2012. [PMID: 16143613 PMCID: PMC1456122 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.046623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2005] [Accepted: 08/21/2005] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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We have identified and characterized a novel Activator (Ac) element that is incapable of excision yet contributes to the canonical negative dosage effect of Ac. Cloning and sequence analysis of this immobilized Ac (Ac-im) revealed that it is identical to Ac with the exception of a 10-bp deletion of sequences at the left end of the element. In screens of approximately 6800 seeds, no germinal transpositions of Ac-im were detected. Importantly, Ac-im catalyzes germinal excisions of a Ds element resident at the r1 locus resulting in the recovery of independent transposed Ds insertions in approximately 4.5% of progeny kernels. Many of these transposition events occur during gametophytic development. Furthermore, we demonstrate that Ac-im transactivates multiple Ds insertions in somatic tissues including those in reporter alleles at bronze1, anthocyaninless1, and anthocyaninless2. We propose a model for the generation of Ac-im as an aberrant transposition event that failed to generate an 8-bp target site duplication and resulted in the deletion of Ac end sequences. We also discuss the utility of Ac-im in two-component Ac/Ds gene-tagging programs in maize.
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- Liza J Conrad
- Dept. of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Caldwell DG, McCallum N, Shaw P, Muehlbauer GJ, Marshall DF, Waugh R. A structured mutant population for forward and reverse genetics in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2004; 40:143-50. [PMID: 15361148 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2004.02190.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Two large-scale ethylmethanesulfonate (EMS) mutant populations from barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cv. Optic have been developed to promote both forward and reverse genetics in this crop. Leaf material and seed from approximately 20 000 M(2) plants were individually harvested, freeze-dried and archived. DNA was isolated from 9216 plants from the 20 and 30 mm EMS treatments and assembled into 1152 eight-plant pools. To facilitate PCR-based mutation scanning an approach has been employed that combines cleavage of heteroduplexes using the Cel nuclease (Cel I), post-cleavage intercalating dye labeling and the subsequent detection of cleaved products on a Transgenomic WAVE-HS. The populations were evaluated by screening for induced mutations in two genes of interest and the induced mutations were validated by sequence analysis. To enhance the screening process, 12-16 M(3) progeny from each of the M(2) plants were assessed for visible phenotypes and the data entered into a web accessible database (http://bioinf.scri.sari.ac.uk/distilling/distilling.html).
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- David G Caldwell
- Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK
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Cooper LD, Marquez-Cedillo L, Singh J, Sturbaum AK, Zhang S, Edwards V, Johnson K, Kleinhofs A, Rangel S, Carollo V, Bregitzer P, Lemaux PG, Hayes PM. Mapping Ds insertions in barley using a sequence-based approach. Mol Genet Genomics 2004; 272:181-93. [PMID: 15449176 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-004-1035-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2003] [Accepted: 06/11/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A transposon tagging system, based upon maize Ac/Ds elements, was developed in barley (Hordeum vulgaresubsp. vulgare). The long-term objective of this project is to identify a set of lines with Ds insertions dispersed throughout the genome as a comprehensive tool for gene discovery and reverse genetics. AcTPase and Ds-bar elements were introduced into immature embryos of Golden Promise by biolistic transformation. Subsequent transposition and segregation of Ds away from AcTPase and the original site of integration resulted in new lines, each containing a stabilized Ds element in a new location. The sequence of the genomic DNA flanking the Ds elements was obtained by inverse PCR and TAIL-PCR. Using a sequence-based mapping strategy, we determined the genome locations of the Ds insertions in 19 independent lines using primarily restriction digest-based assays of PCR-amplified single nucleotide polymorphisms and PCR-based assays of insertions or deletions. The principal strategy was to identify and map sequence polymorphisms in the regions corresponding to the flanking DNA using the Oregon Wolfe Barley mapping population. The mapping results obtained by the sequence-based approach were confirmed by RFLP analyses in four of the lines. In addition, cloned DNA sequences corresponding to the flanking DNA were used to assign map locations to Morex-derived genomic BAC library inserts, thus integrating genetic and physical maps of barley. BLAST search results indicate that the majority of the transposed Ds elements are found within predicted or known coding sequences. Transposon tagging in barley using Ac/Ds thus promises to provide a useful tool for studies on the functional genomics of the Triticeae.
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- L D Cooper
- Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University, OR 97331, Corvallis, USA
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Jin WZ, Wang SM, Xu M, Duan RJ, Wu P. Characterization of enhancer trap and gene trap harboring Ac/Ds transposon in transgenic rice. JOURNAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY. SCIENCE 2004; 5:390-399. [PMID: 14994426 DOI: 10.1631/jzus.2004.0390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Insertion mutagenesis has become one of the most popular methods for gene functions analysis. Here we report a two-element Ac/Ds transposon system containing enhancer trap and gene trap for gene tagging in rice. The excision of Ds element was examined by PCR amplification. The excision frequency of Ds element varied from 0% to 40% among 20 F(2) populations derived from 11 different Ds parents. Southern blot analysis revealed that more than 70% of excised Ds elements reinserted into rice genome and above 70% of the reinserted Ds elements were located at different positions of the chromosome in rice. The result of histochemical GUS analysis indicated that 28% of enhancer trap and 22% of gene trap tagging plants displayed GUS activity in leaves, roots, flowers or seeds. The GUS positive lines will be useful for identifying gene function in rice.
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- Wei-zheng Jin
- The State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
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Panstruga R. A golden shot: how ballistic single cell transformation boosts the molecular analysis of cereal-mildew interactions. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2004; 5:141-8. [PMID: 20565591 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2004.00208.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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SUMMARY Despite considerable technical progress in past years, genetic manipulation of cereals remains a tedious task. Thus, transgenic approaches in monocot species to study plant-microbe interactions are limited to date. Transient gene expression in single epidermal cells mediated by particle bombardment has emerged recently as an attractive alternative for testing the impact of (over-)expressing or silencing single host genes in the context of cereal-powdery mildew interactions. The ease and pace of this assay enables the analysis of candidate genes within a fraction of the time needed to generate stable transgenic lines. Genetically encoded fluorescent sensors expressed in single cells are ideally suited to monitor gene expression, subcellular protein localization and changes of physiological parameters at the single cell level. Likewise, single cell gene expression can be employed to study protein-protein interactions of fluorophore-tagged polypeptides by fluorescence resonance energy transfer or fluorescence (cross) correlation spectroscopy. An integrated approach, combining single cell gene expression technology with modern cell biological tools and single cell sampling via laser capture microdissection, may provide in-depth insights into the molecular events in epidermal host cells in the course of cereal-mildew interactions.
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- Ralph Panstruga
- Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung, Department of Plant Microbe Interactions, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, 50829 Köln, Germany
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Kolesnik T, Szeverenyi I, Bachmann D, Kumar CS, Jiang S, Ramamoorthy R, Cai M, Ma ZG, Sundaresan V, Ramachandran S. Establishing an efficient Ac/Ds tagging system in rice: large-scale analysis of Ds flanking sequences. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2004; 37:301-14. [PMID: 14690513 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2003.01948.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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A two-element Activator/Dissociation (Ac/Ds) gene trap system was successfully established in rice (Oryza sativa ssp. japonica cv. Nipponbare) to generate a collection of stable, unlinked and single-copy Ds transposants. The germinal transposition frequency of Ds was estimated as an average of 51% by analyzing 4413 families. Study of Ds transposition pattern in siblings revealed that 79% had at least two different insertions, suggesting late transposition during rice development. Analysis of 2057 Ds flanking sequences showed that 88% of them were unique, whereas the rest within T-DNA. The insertions were distributed randomly throughout the genome; however, there was a bias toward chromosomes 4 and 7, which had two times as many insertions as that expected. A hot spot for Ds insertions was identified on chromosome 7 within a 40-kbp region. One-third of Ds flanking sequences was homologous to either proteins or rice expressed sequence tags (ESTs), confirming a preference for Ds transposition into coding regions. Analysis of 200 Ds lines on chromosome 1 revealed that 72% insertions were found in genic region. Anchoring of more than 800 insertions to yeast artificial chromosome (YAC)-based EST map showed that Ds transposes preferentially into regions rich in expressed sequences. High germinal transposition frequency and independent transpositions among siblings show that the efficiency of this system is suitable for large-scale transposon mutagenesis in rice.
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- Tatiana Kolesnik
- Rice Functional Genomics Group, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117604, Singapore
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Brunner S, Keller B, Feuillet C. A large rearrangement involving genes and low-copy DNA interrupts the microcollinearity between rice and barley at the Rph7 locus. Genetics 2003; 164:673-83. [PMID: 12807788 PMCID: PMC1462599 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/164.2.673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Grass genomes differ greatly in chromosome number, ploidy level, and size. Despite these differences, very good conservation of the marker order (collinearity) was found at the genetic map level between the different grass genomes. Collinearity is particularly good between rice chromosome 1 and the group 3 chromosomes in the Triticeae. We have used this collinearity to saturate the leaf rust resistance locus Rph7 on chromosome 3HS in barley with ESTs originating from rice chromosome 1S. Chromosome walking allowed the establishment of a contig of 212 kb spanning the Rph7 resistance gene. Sequencing of the contig showed an average gene density of one gene/20 kb with islands of higher density. Comparison with the orthologous rice sequence revealed the complete conservation of five members of the HGA gene family whereas intergenic regions differ greatly in size and composition. In rice, the five genes are closely associated whereas in barley intergenic regions are >38-fold larger. The size difference is due mainly to the presence of six additional genes as well as noncoding low-copy sequences. Our data suggest that a major rearrangement occurred in this region since the Triticeae and rice lineage diverged.
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MESH Headings
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial
- Conserved Sequence
- Contig Mapping
- DNA, Intergenic
- DNA, Plant
- Evolution, Molecular
- Expressed Sequence Tags
- Gene Library
- Genes, Plant
- Genome, Plant
- Models, Genetic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oryza/genetics
- Phylogeny
- Physical Chromosome Mapping
- Poaceae/genetics
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Triticum/genetics
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Affiliation(s)
- S Brunner
- Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zürich, Switzerland
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Bakshi A. Potential adverse health effects of genetically modified crops. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART B, CRITICAL REVIEWS 2003; 6:211-225. [PMID: 12746139 DOI: 10.1080/10937400306469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Genetically modified crops have the potential to eliminate hunger and starvation in millions of people, especially in developing countries because the genetic modification can produce large amounts of foods that are more nutritious. Large quantities are produced because genetically modified crops are more resistant to pests and drought. They also contain greater amounts of nutrients, such as proteins and vitamins. However, there are concerns about the safety of genetically modified crops. The concerns are that they may contain allergenic substances due to introduction of new genes into crops. Another concern is that genetic engineering often involves the use of antibiotic-resistance genes as "selectable markers" and this could lead to production of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains that are resistant to available antibiotics. This would create a serious public health problem. The genetically modified crops might contain other toxic substances (such as enhanced amounts of heavy metals) and the crops might not be "substantially equivalent" in genome, proteome, and metabolome compared with unmodified crops. Another concern is that genetically modified crops may be less nutritious; for example, they might contain lower amounts of phytoestrogens, which protect against heart disease and cancer. The review of available literature indicates that the genetically modified crops available in the market that are intended for human consumption are generally safe; their consumption is not associated with serious health problems. However, because of potential for exposure of a large segment of human population to genetically modified foods, more research is needed to ensure that the genetically modified foods are safe for human consumption.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anita Bakshi
- Biology Department, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
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Mutants and Transgenics — a Comparison of Barley Resources in Crop Breeding. PROGRESS IN BOTANY 2003. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-55819-1_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Current awareness in phytochemical analysis. PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS : PCA 2001; 12:144-151. [PMID: 11708302 DOI: 10.1002/pca.554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Koprek T, Rangel S, McElroy D, Louwerse JD, Williams-Carrier RE, Lemaux PG. Transposon-mediated single-copy gene delivery leads to increased transgene expression stability in barley. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2001; 125:1354-62. [PMID: 11244115 PMCID: PMC65614 DOI: 10.1104/pp.125.3.1354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2000] [Revised: 12/17/2000] [Accepted: 12/20/2000] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Instability of transgene expression in plants is often associated with complex multicopy patterns of transgene integration at the same locus, as well as position effects due to random integration. Based on maize transposable elements Activator (Ac) and Dissociation (Ds), we developed a method to generate large numbers of transgenic barley (Hordeum vulgare var Golden Promise) plants, each carrying a single transgene copy at different locations. Plants expressing Ac transposase (AcTPase) were crossed with plants containing one or more copies of bar, a selectable herbicide (Basta) resistance gene, located between inverted-repeat Ds ends (Ds-bar). F(1) plants were self-pollinated and the F(2) generation was analyzed to identify plants segregating for transposed Ds-bar elements. Of Ds-bar transpositions, 25% were in unlinked sites that segregated from vector sequences, other Ds-bar copies, and the AcTPase gene, resulting in numerous single-copy Ds-bar plants carrying the transgene at different locations. Transgene expression in F(2) plants with transposed Ds-bar was 100% stable, whereas only 23% of F(2) plants carrying Ds-bar at the original site expressed the transgene product stably. In F(3) and F(4) populations, transgene expression in 81.5% of plants from progeny of F(2) plants with single-copy, transposed Ds-bar remained completely stable. Analysis of the integration site in single-copy plants showed that transposed Ds-bar inserted into single- or low-copy regions of the genome, whereas silenced Ds-bar elements at their original location were inserted into redundant or highly repetitive genomic regions. Methylation of the non-transposed transgene and its promoter, as well as a higher condensation of the chromatin around the original integration site, was associated with plants exhibiting transgene silencing.
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Affiliation(s)
- T Koprek
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Current Awareness on Comparative and Functional Genomics. Comp Funct Genomics 2001. [PMCID: PMC2447210 DOI: 10.1002/cfg.57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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