Evidence for homologous recombination between repeated sequences containing 18S and 5S ribosomal RNA genes in wheat mitochondrial DNA

AUTOR(ES)

Falconet, Denis

RESUMO

Closely linked genes for 18S and 5S rRNAs have been located on four different cloned SalI restriction fragments of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) mitochondrial DNA. Restriction analysis has revealed that in each of the cloned fragments, the 18S and 5S rRNA genes are contained within the same basic structural unit, R, which is at least 4 kbp long. This unit is flanked by sequences designated u (0.8 kbp), v (13.7 kbp), w (0.7 kbp), and y (1.4 kbp), in the orientations v-R-w, v-R-y, u-R-w, and u-R-y in the four different SalI fragments. We conclude that 18S + 5S rRNA genes are located at several distinct sites in the wheat mitochondrial genome, and suggest that reciprocal intra- and/or intermolecular recombination between such repeated sequences could promote extensive genomic rearrangement and thus contribute to the physical heterogeneity that is a hallmark of most plant mitochondrial DNAs.

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