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    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Molecular genetics and genomics 255 (1997), S. 514-524 
    ISSN: 1617-4623
    Keywords: Key words Antisense ; Brassica ; Flower ; Self-incompatibility ; S locus receptor kinase
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Gene expression can be inhibited by antisense RNA transcripts. Although this phenomenon is widely used to analyse gene function in plants, the molecular mechanisms involved are poorly understood. One approach to improving our understanding of antisense gene regulation is to analyse the function of endogenous antisense transcripts. To date, only a small number of plant genes have been shown to be transcribed in both directions and limited information is available concerning the role of natural antisense transcripts in plants. In this study, we have identified several natural antisense transcripts which hybridise to probes derived from the S locus receptor kinase gene (SRK). The RNase protection assay and reverse trancriptase-PCR were used to demonstrate that a proportion of the antisense transcripts are encoded directly by SRK. Using different RNase protection probes, regions of the promoter, exon I (which encodes the S domain) and intron I of SRK were shown to be transcribed in an antisense direction. An antisense SRK transcript was shown to inhibit translation of a sense transcript in vitro. The possible role of antisense SRK transcripts in vivo is discussed.
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    ISSN: 1573-6857
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract DNA probes from the narG gene of Escherichia coli, which encodes the large polypeptide of respiratory nitrate reductase, show cross-hybridization at low stringency to a single region of the genome of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC6301. This segment of cyanobacterial DNA was cloned as the insert of plasmid pDN1 and characterized. RNA complementary to pDN1 was shown to be substantially more abundant in nitrate grown cells of Synechococcus PCC6301 than in ammonium grown cells, thus parallelling the nitrate induction and ammonium repression of nitrate reductase activity in cultures of this cyanobacterium. A mutant of Synechococcus PCC6301 deficient in nitrate reductase activity was obtained after a potentially mutagenic transformation treatment using pDN1 as a donor. This mutant was restored to the wild type phenotype following stable integrative transformation with pDN1 DNA. Taken together these data suggest that pDN1 might encode a polypeptide of nitrate reductase. pDN1 is distinct from three clones of genes involved in nitrate assimilation that were isolated previously from the related cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC7942 (Kuhlemeier et al., 1984a, J.Bact. 159, 36–41, and 1984b, Gene 31, 109–116).
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