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- Publisher
- Wiley
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1995 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
- ISSN
- 0960-7412
- eISSN
- 1365-313X
- DOI
- 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1995.7020203.x
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
The influence of different factors on frequencies of intrachromosomal homologous recombination in whole Arabidopsis thaliana and tobacco plants was analyzed using a disrupted β‐glucuronidase marker gene. Recombination frequencies were enhanced severalfold by DNA damaging agents like UV‐light or MMS (methyl methanesulfonate). Applying 3‐methoxybenzamide (3‐MB), an inhibitor of poly(ADP)ribose polymerase (PARP), an enzyme that is postulated to be involved in DNA repair, enhanced homologous recombination frequencies strongly. These findings indicate that homologous recombination is involved in DNA repair and can (at least partially) compensate for other DNA repair pathways. Indications that recombination in plants can be induced by environmental stress factors that are not likely to be involved in DNA metabolism were also found; Arabidopsis plants growing in a medium containing 0.1 M NaCl exhibited elevated recombination frequencies. The possible general effects of ‘environmental’ challenges on genome flexibility are discussed.
Journal
The Plant Journal – Wiley
Published: Feb 1, 1995