Molecular analysis of genomic stability of mitochondrial DNA in tissue cultured cells of maize |
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Authors: | J. W. McNay P. S. Chourey D. R. Pring |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, 32611 Gainesville, FL, USA;(2) U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, 32604 Gainesville, FL, USA;(3) Department of Agronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of the Black Mexican sweet line of maize isolated from tissue cultured cell suspension cultures and young seedlings was examined. Restriction fragments generated by two endonucleases were comparatively analyzed by visualization of ethidium bromide stained gels as well as by membrane hybridization with nick-translated DNA probes of plasmid-like S1 and S2 DNA. Although no major molecular alterations were seen in tissue cultured cells, the samples were clearly not identical. The variation was mainly in the stoichiometry of several restriction fragments. Hybridization analyses with S1 and S2 probes show no evidence of molecular rearrangement in this part of the genome in tissue cultured cells. Minor variations in restriction patterns could reflect alterations in frequency of circular mtDNA molecules, perhaps related to nuclear alterations during the extended period of culture. |
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Keywords: | Maize Mitochondrial DNA Tissue culture |
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