摘要
Rice Wx genes have been cloned and sequenced from Oryza saliva subsp. japonica (Wx-R-jp) and subsp. indica (Wx-R-id) and wild rice Oryza saliva L. f. spontanea (Wx-R-sp). Comparison of the nucleotide sequences of these three Wx genes indicates that Wx-R-jp and Wx-R-id genes contain two types of transposon-like elements, designated by RTL-1 and RTL-2. in the region of their two introns and 5’ upstream, RTL-1 shares sequence homology with valine tRNA molecules, and contains an internal promoter of RNA polymerase Ⅲ. RTL-2 forms a stem-loop structure. Both RTL-1 and RTL-2 are flanked by direct repetitive sequences. Compared with the elements that have been known transposable, RTL-1 resembles the short interspersed-repeated DNA elements (SINEs) and RTL-2 is similar to the fold-back (FB) element of trahsposon of Drosophila.
Rice Wx genes have been cloned and sequenced from Oryza saliva subsp. japonica (Wx-R-jp) and subsp. indica (Wx-R-id) and wild rice Oryza saliva L. f. spontanea (Wx-R-sp). Comparison of the nucleotide sequences of these three Wx genes indicates that Wx-R-jp and Wx-R-id genes contain two types of transposon-like elements, designated by RTL-1 and RTL-2. in the region of their two introns and 5' upstream, RTL-1 shares sequence homology with valine tRNA molecules, and contains an internal promoter of RNA polymerase Ⅲ. RTL-2 forms a stem-loop structure. Both RTL-1 and RTL-2 are flanked by direct repetitive sequences. Compared with the elements that have been known transposable, RTL-1 resembles the short interspersed-repeated DNA elements (SINEs) and RTL-2 is similar to the fold-back (FB) element of trahsposon of Drosophila.
基金
Project supported by grants for the High Technology Development Programme of China and the Rockefeller Foundation.
