P Transposon-Induced Dominant Enhancer Mutations of Position-Effect Variegation in Drosophila Melanogaster

AUTOR(ES)

Dorn, R.

RESUMO

P transposon induced modifier mutations of position-effect variegation (PEV) were isolated with the help of hybrid dysgenic crosses (π2 strain) and after transposition of the mutator elements pUChsneory(+) and P[lArB]. Enhancer mutations were found with a ten times higher frequency than suppressors. The 19 pUChsneory(+)- and 15 P[lArB]-induced enhancer mutations can be used for cloning of genomic sequences at the insertion sites of the mutator elements via plasmid rescue. Together with a large sample of X-ray-induced (48) and spontaneous (93) enhancer mutations a basic genetic analysis of this group of modifier genes was performed. On the basis of complementation and mapping data we estimate the number of enhancer genes at about 30 in the third chromosome and between 50 and 60 for the whole autosome complement. Therefore, enhancer of PEV loci are found in the Drosophila genome as frequently as suppressor genes. Many of the enhancer mutations display paternal effects consistent with the hypothesis that some of these mutations can induce genomic imprinting. First studies on the developmentally regulated gene expression of PEV enhancer genes were performed by β-galactosidase staining in P[lArB] induced mutations.

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