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Expression of a yeast RNase III gene in transgenic tobacco silences host nitrite reductase genes

Expression of a yeast RNase III gene in transgenic tobacco silences host nitrite reductase genes When a gene encoding the Schizosaccharomyces pombe dsRNA-specific RNase III, pac1, was expressed in transgenic tobacco plants, six out of thirteen transformed plants gave progeny among which were individuals displaying a distinctive chlorotic phenotype. These chlorotic plants strongly resemble those transformed with a 35S-Nii (nitrite reductase) transgene, in which both Nii host genes and the 35S-Nii transgene are silenced by co-suppression. RNA blots showed that the host Nii genes were silenced in chlorotic 35S-pac1 plants but not in individuals with a normal green phenotype. Neither the transcript levels of the other cellular genes tested nor the transcription of Nii genes was significantly affected by the expression of pac1. This is the first observation of post-transcriptional silencing of host genes by a transgene with no apparent sequence similarity to the target gene. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Plant Molecular Biology Springer Journals

Expression of a yeast RNase III gene in transgenic tobacco silences host nitrite reductase genes

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2000 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
Subject
Life Sciences; Biochemistry, general; Plant Sciences; Plant Pathology
ISSN
0167-4412
eISSN
1573-5028
DOI
10.1023/A:1006456603970
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Abstract

When a gene encoding the Schizosaccharomyces pombe dsRNA-specific RNase III, pac1, was expressed in transgenic tobacco plants, six out of thirteen transformed plants gave progeny among which were individuals displaying a distinctive chlorotic phenotype. These chlorotic plants strongly resemble those transformed with a 35S-Nii (nitrite reductase) transgene, in which both Nii host genes and the 35S-Nii transgene are silenced by co-suppression. RNA blots showed that the host Nii genes were silenced in chlorotic 35S-pac1 plants but not in individuals with a normal green phenotype. Neither the transcript levels of the other cellular genes tested nor the transcription of Nii genes was significantly affected by the expression of pac1. This is the first observation of post-transcriptional silencing of host genes by a transgene with no apparent sequence similarity to the target gene.

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Plant Molecular BiologySpringer Journals

Published: Oct 16, 2004

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