Regional Insertional Mutagenesis of Specific Genes on the CIC5F11/CIC2B9 Locus of Arabidopsis thaliana Chromosome 5 Using the Ac/Ds Transposon in Combination with the cDNA Scanning Method

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We have recently developed a novel cDNA selection method(the cDNA scanning method)to select cDNAs for expressed genes in specific regions of the genome [Hayashida et al.(1995)Gene 165: 155, Seki et al.(1997)Plant J.12: 481]. The gene Ds is known to transpose mainly in its neighborhood. By combining the cDNA scanning method with this trait of Ds, we started functional analysis of region-specific expressed genes on the Arabidopsis thaliana genome. DNA fragments of yeast artificial chromosome(YAC) clones CIC5F11 and CIC2B9 on A.thaliana chromosome 5 were used for the selection of region-specific cDNAs. In total, 50 and 68 cDNA clones were selected from CIC5F11 and CIC2B9, respectively. In parallel, we transposed Ds from a donor T-DNA line, which was mapped on the CIC5F11/CIC2B9 locus of chromosome 5, and obtained Ds-transposed lines. To isolate Ds insertion mutants in the 10 specific genes identified by the cDNA scanning method, we carried out PCR-based screening of 100 Ds-transposed lines and found that 2 lines contain Ds mutations in the genes isolated. We also isolated Ds-flanking genomic DNAs by thermal asymmetric interlaced PCR(TAIL-PCR) in 153 Ds transposon-tagged lines. Southern blot analysis showed that 14% of the lines contained the transposed Ds in the CIC5F11/2B9 region. This suggests that this Ac/Ds transposon system is effective for region-specific insertional mutagenesis.
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