Jones J D, Carland F, Lim E, Ralston E, Dooner H K
DNA Plant Technology, Oakland, California 94608.
Plant Cell. 1990 Aug;2(8):701-7. doi: 10.1105/tpc.2.8.701.
The autonomous maize transposon Activator (Ac) has been used in maize for gene isolation by tagging and may prove similarly useful in other species. To test the feasibility of gene tagging with heterospecific transposons, we have examined three key genetic properties of a slightly modified Ac in tobacco. First, we show that frequencies of germinal excision of this Ac element from the antibiotic resistance gene streptomycin phosphotransferase can be comparable with or slightly lower than in maize. Second, we show that about half of the progeny carrying a germinal excision product also carry a transposed Ac. Last, we have mapped transposed Ac locations relative to the streptomycin transferase gene excision product and have shown that as in maize Ac in tobacco preferentially transposes to genetically linked sites.
自主玉米转座子激活子(Ac)已在玉米中用于通过标签法分离基因,并且可能在其他物种中同样有用。为了测试用异源转座子进行基因标签的可行性,我们研究了烟草中一种经过轻微修饰的Ac的三个关键遗传特性。首先,我们表明这种Ac元件从抗生素抗性基因链霉素磷酸转移酶上的生殖切除频率与玉米中的相当或略低。其次,我们表明携带生殖切除产物的后代中约有一半也携带转座的Ac。最后,我们绘制了转座的Ac相对于链霉素转移酶基因切除产物的位置,并表明与玉米中一样,烟草中的Ac优先转座到遗传连锁位点。