Covalent DNA modification and the regulation of Mutator element transposition in maize |
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Authors: | Jeffrey L. Bennetzen |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, 47907 West Lafayette, IN, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary Analyses of the multiple genomic Mu transposable elements in active Mutator lines with several C-methylation sensitive restriction enzymes indicate that Mu elements are undermodified compared with total maize nuclear DNA. Intercrossing of diverse Mutator lines leads to a discrete hypermodification of the Mu elements in a particular plant concurrent with a loss of mutagenic and transpositional potential. The modification events observed appear to be methylation of cytosine at the 5 position in the sequences 5-CG-3 and 5-CNG-3. Some potential C-methylation sites in Mu elements show a higher degree of methylation than others. Once established, the modified Mu state, like the loss of Mutator activity, is stable on outcrossing. Crosses between active Mutator lines with unmodified Mu elements and Mutator-loss lines with modified Mu elements show partial maternal dominance for the modification event. Mutator activity may also be lost thorugh outcrossing in a mechanism not associated with any detected modification events. |
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Keywords: | Transposable elements DNA modification DNA methylation Regulation Maize |
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