Activation tagging with En/Spm-I /dSpm transposons in Arabidopsis

Methods Mol Biol. 2011:678:91-105. doi: 10.1007/978-1-60761-682-5_8.

Abstract

Activation tagging is a powerful strategy to find new gene functions, especially from genes that are redundant or show lethal knock-out phenotypes. It has been applied using T-DNA or transposons. En/Spm-I/dSpm engineered transposons are efficient Activation tags in Arabidopsis. An immobilized transposase source and an enhancer-bearing non-autonomous element are used in combination with positive and negative selectable markers to generate a population of single or low copy, stable insertions. This method describes the steps required to select the best parental lines, generate a population of stable insertions, and gene identification.

MeSH terms

  • Arabidopsis / genetics*
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Genotype
  • Mutagenesis / genetics*
  • Plants, Genetically Modified / genetics
  • Retroelements / genetics*
  • Transposases / genetics

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Retroelements
  • T-DNA
  • Transposases