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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-1-13
pubmed:abstractText
Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) and the abnormal-growth, nochromosomal stripe (NCS) phenotypes are cytoplasmically determined traits in plants. Mitochondrial DNA rearrangements involving short repeats appear to be responsible for the production of CMS reversions to fertility and NCS mutations. NCS4, a new mutant of maize CMS-S, exhibits both abnormal growth and male fertility. This mutant is unique because both mutations occurred within the same plant. Free S1 and S2 episomes normally found in CMS-S mitochondria have been lost from NCS4 plants. An S2 sequence has recombined aberrantly with a ribosomal protein coding region, rps3/rpl16. One end of the S2 sequence and the 5' end of the rps3/rpl16 transcription unit are absent from the NCS4 recombinant genome. Loss of mitochondrial ribosomal protein function is lethal; therefore, NCS4 plants are heteroplasmic for the rps3 deletion. Loss of S sequences from CMS-S mitochondria is not lethal and plants regain pollen function. Thus, although NCS4 plants have very abnormal plant phenotypes, they are male-fertile.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0192-253X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
277-86
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Involvement of S2 episomal sequences in the generation of NCS4 deletion mutation in maize mitochondria.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia 65211, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't