RNA editing of transcripts of a chimeric mitochondrial gene associated with cytoplasmic male-sterility in Brassica.

AUTOR(ES)

Stahl, R

RESUMO

The orf224 gene is a chimeric open reading frame associated with the Polima or pol cytoplasmic male sterility of Brassica napus. The first 58 codons and 5' upstream region of orf224 are derived from a conventional mitochondrial gene, orfB, while the origin of the remaining portion of the gene is unknown. Transcripts of the orf224 gene were found to be edited at a single site in the region of the gene that does not correspond to a known sequence. Oligonucleotides corresponding to the edited and unedited forms were shown to hybridize specifically to respective in vitro orf224 transcripts. Analysis of floral mtRNA by this method indicated that virtually all orf224 transcripts of both sterile and fertile, nuclear-restored pol cytoplasm plants are edited. Our results indicate that transcripts of novel, CMS-associated genes may be edited, but that, at least in this case, the degree of editing does not appear to be directly related to the male-sterile phenotype.

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