Isolation of the Ascobolus immersus spore color gene b2 and study in single cells of gene silencing by methylation induced premeiotically.
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The ascomycete Ascobolus immersus has been extensively used as a model system for the genetic study of meiotic recombination. More recently, an epigenetic process, known as methylation induced premeiotically (MIP), that acts on duplicated sequences has been discovered in A. immersus and has raised a new interest in this fungus. To try and extend these studies, we have now cloned the A. immersus spore color gene b2, a well characterized recombination hot-spot. Isolation of the whole gene was verified by physical mapping of four large b2 alterations, followed by transformation and mutant rescue of a null b2 allele. Transformation was also used to duplicate b2 and subject it to MIP. As a result, we were able for the first time to observe gene silencing as early as just after meiosis and in single cells. Furthermore, we have found evidence for a modulating effect of MIP on b2 expression, depending on the region of the gene that is duplicated and hence subjected to MIP.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Genetics
دوره 141 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1995