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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-5-13
pubmed:abstractText
Restriction enzyme mediated insertional mutagenesis using a plasmid, pUCATPH, that confers hygromycin resistance, generated loss-of-pathogenicity mutants of Leptosphaeria maculans, the fungus that causes blackleg disease of Brassica napus. Of 516 L. maculans transformants analysed, 12 were pathogenicity mutants. When eight of these mutants were crossed to an isolate that attacks B. napus, cosegregation of pUCATPH sequences and loss of pathogenicity was not observed, suggesting that these mutations were not linked to plasmid sequences. In seven of eight crosses analysed, progeny with the hygromycin resistance gene were hygromycin-sensitive. Sequence analysis of an amplified fragment of pUCATPH in six clones derived from one 'silenced' progeny showed mutation of GC to AT on one DNA strand, reminiscent of repeat-induced point mutation (RIP) in Neurospora crassa. One loss-of-pathogenicity mutant had pUCATPH inserted in the promoter of a gene with an open reading frame of 529 amino acids that had no database match. Reintroduction of a wild-type copy of the gene to this mutant restored the ability to form lesions on cotyledons of B. napus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1087-1845
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
31-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Analysis of loss of pathogenicity mutants reveals that repeat-induced point mutations can occur in the Dothideomycete Leptosphaeria maculans.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Botany, The University of Melbourne, Vic. 3010, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't