Beta-tubulin mutants of the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
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Two beta-tubulin mutants of the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii have been isolated on the basis of altered sensitivity to the growth-inhibitory effect of colchicine. The two mutations of colR4 and colR15 have been found to be tightly linked, mapping to a previously unmarked site in linkage group XII. The drug-resistance phenotypes of both mutations segregated in genetic crosses with the presence of distinct, acidic variant beta-tubulin isoforms found assembled into the microtubules of the flagella. Analysis of the in vitro translation products of total poly(A)+ RNA from the mutants provided evidence that the variant proteins are altered primary beta-tubulin gene products. Compared to wild type, strains carrying the mutations expressed an increased resistance to the inhibitory effects of colchicine in clonal growth, flagellar assembly, and germination of meiotic products, suggesting that the beta-tubulin altered in the mutants participates in multiple microtubule functions.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
دوره 85 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1988