Plant and Cell Physiology Advance Access published online on January 4, 2008
Plant and Cell Physiology, doi:10.1093/pcp/pcm182
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A novel orf108 co-transcribed with the atpA gene is associated with cytoplasmic male sterility in Brassica juncea carrying Moricandia arvensis cytoplasm
1National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi - 110012, India
2Directorate of Oilseeds Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad – 500030, India
3Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Kashmere Gate, Delhi – 110006, India
Corresponding author: Dr. Shripad. R. Bhat, National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi – 110012, India, Telephone: 91-11-25841787 ext: 204, Fax: 91-11-25843984, e-mail: srbhat22{at}rediffmail.com
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Mitochondrial atpA transcripts were examined in cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) and fertility restorer lines of CMS (Moricandia arvensis) Brassica juncea. Male sterile flowers had longer atpA transcripts than male fertiles. Mitochondrial atpA region of the CMS line was cloned and sequenced. The 5' and 3' ends of the atpA transcripts of the CMS and the fertility restorer lines were mapped and full-length transcripts were cloned and sequenced. A novel orf108, co-transcribed with the atpA gene was found in the male sterile flowers. In fertility restorer line the transcript was cleaved within orf108 to yield monocistronic atpA transcripts.
Keywords: atpA - Brassica juncea - cytoplasmic male sterility - fertility restoration - orf108 - transcript mapping
(Received October 8, 2007; Accepted December 22, 2007)
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