Comparative analysis of the S-intergenic region in class-II S haplotypes of self-incompatible Brassica rapa (syn. campestris)

Genes Genet Syst. 2006 Feb;81(1):63-7. doi: 10.1266/ggs.81.63.

Abstract

In the Brassica self-incompatibility (SI) system, a pollen determinant, SP11, is involved in dominance/recessive relationships in pollen SI phenotypes. In order to gain some insights into the genomic structure around the SP11 and the mechanisms that give dominance/recessive relationships, we characterized the genomic region containing SP11 and SRK genes in three pollen recessive class-II S haplotypes. The direction of transcription of S genes was completely conserved among class-II S haplotypes. However, the region between SP11 and SRK (S-intergenic region) was highly polymorphic without short repetitive sequences. In addition, we found a sequence similarity between the short repetitive sequence and 5'-upstream region of SP11. This sequence similarity was found to be potentially related to the expression of dominance relationships through the change of chromatin structure.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Brassica rapa / genetics*
  • DNA, Intergenic*
  • Genome, Plant*
  • Glycoproteins / genetics*
  • Haplotypes*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plant Proteins / genetics*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA, Intergenic
  • Glycoproteins
  • Plant Proteins
  • self-incompatibility locus specific glycoprotein, Brassica