Robert Valérie J, Davis M Wayne, Jorgensen Erik M, Bessereau Jean-Louis
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Biologie Cellulaire de la Synapse, Paris, France.
Genetics. 2008 Sep;180(1):673-9. doi: 10.1534/genetics.108.089698. Epub 2008 Aug 30.
Excision of a Mos1 transposon in the germline of Caenorhabditis elegans generates a double-strand break in the chromosome. We demonstrate that breaks are most prominently repaired by gene conversion from the homolog, but also rarely by nonhomologous end-joining. In some cases, gene conversion events are resolved by crossing over. Surprisingly, expression of the transposase using an intestine-specific promoter can induce repair, raising the possibility that activation of transposase expression in somatic cells can lead to transposition of Mos1 in the germline.
切除秀丽隐杆线虫生殖系中的Mos1转座子会在染色体上产生双链断裂。我们证明,断裂最主要通过同源基因转换进行修复,但也很少通过非同源末端连接进行修复。在某些情况下,基因转换事件通过交叉得以解决。令人惊讶的是,使用肠道特异性启动子表达转座酶可诱导修复,这增加了体细胞中转座酶表达激活可能导致生殖系中Mos1转座的可能性。