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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-3-19
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
A 1.6 kb repetitive DNA sequence (RPS) from Petunia hybrida was identified that destabilizes expression of a GUS marker transgene. Following polyethylene glycol (PEG)-mediated tobacco and petunia protoplast transformations, GUS expression patterns analysed on callus and plant levels were clearly more variable when constructs contained the RPS sequence. The effect on transgene expression required chromosomal integration since the two different RPS constructs employed did not exhibit reduced levels of GUS activities in transient assays. DNA methylation analysis implies a hypermethylated default state of endogenous RPS copies present in the petunia genome. Analysis of the transgene DNA in different transgenic tobacco plants showed almost complete hypermethylation of a particular Hhal site of the RPS sequence. It is proposed that, due to the presence of specific signals within the RPS region or based on interaction of RPS with other endogenous homologous sequences, RPS functions as an initiation region for de novo methylation and induces expression variegation in adjacent sequences.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0960-7412
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
919-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8580962-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8580962-DNA, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:8580962-Deoxyribonuclease EcoRI, pubmed-meshheading:8580962-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:8580962-Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:8580962-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:8580962-Glucuronidase, pubmed-meshheading:8580962-Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:8580962-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8580962-Plants, pubmed-meshheading:8580962-Plants, Genetically Modified, pubmed-meshheading:8580962-Plants, Toxic, pubmed-meshheading:8580962-Polyethylene Glycols, pubmed-meshheading:8580962-Protoplasts, pubmed-meshheading:8580962-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8580962-Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8580962-Restriction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:8580962-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:8580962-Tobacco, pubmed-meshheading:8580962-Transformation, Genetic
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
A repetitive DNA fragment carrying a hot spot for de novo DNA methylation enhances expression variegation in tobacco and petunia.
pubmed:affiliation
Max Delbrueck-Laboratorium in der MPG, Köln, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't