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Genetic mapping and some characterization of the rnpA49 mutation of Escherichia coli that affects the RNA-processing enzyme ribonuclease P.

A mutant defective in the enzyme RNase P was isolated by P. SCHEDL and P. PRIMAKOFF (1973). The mutation rnpA49 found in this strain, which confers temperature sensitivity on carrier strains, was mapped by conjugation and transduction experiments and located around minute 82 of the E. coli map, with the suggested order rnpA bglB phoS rbsP ilv. As expected, the rnpA49 mutation is recessive. Even though this mutation is conditional, it is manifested at temperatures at which the carrier strains can grow.

Chromosome Mapping↗

Genetic mapping of a group of temperature-sensitive dna initiation mutants in Bacillus subtilis.

Recombination frequencies among temperature-sensitive dna mutants from various laboratories were analyzed, and eleven dna mutants were found to be closely linked. They are classified as group B dna mutants, since these are closely linked with dnaB19, originally isolated and approximately mapped near leuA8 by KARAMATA and GROSS (1970). However, the dnaB19 mutation itself has relatively high recombination frequencies with the other mutations, thus, we propose to subdivide the dnaB group into two subgroups--dnaBI, including ten mutants (dna-1, dna-3, dna-5, dna-17, dna-27, dna-51, dna-60, dna-62, dna-103 and dna-134) and dnaBII, including dnaB19. The map order of dnaB and markers in the vicinity was determined to be argA-citH-citC-phoP-PhoR-polA-dnaBI-dnaBII-citF-leuA-pheA.

Bacillus subtilis↗

Genetic mapping of loci for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa.

Linkage analysis was performed in three Swedish families segregating for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP), using five polymorphic DNA markers assigned to Xp. Individual recombination events were analyzed and two- and five-point linkage analysis was undertaken. In one family, a XLRP locus was mapped to the same position as OTC corresponding to RP3. In two families, a disease locus linked to OTC was excluded. In one family, recombination events indicate a locus for XLRP outside the interval (DXS84-OTC-DXS255-DXS14), most likely on the centromeric side of DXS14.

Chromosome Mapping↗

Genetic mapping in Escherichia coli K-12 by radiation-induced crossing-over.

Conventional methods for chromosomal mapping in Escherichia coli are (i) interruption of matings to obtain minimum marker entry times, (ii) linkage analysis of recombinants, and (iii) cotransduction. Method (i) has a resolution of about 0.5 min (5 x 10(4) nucleotides) and is not useful for distances less than about 1 min; methods (ii) and (iii) are capable of better resolution but are generally not very reproducible and no general theory is available for translating crossing-over and cotransduction frequencies into physical chromosomal distances. We found that when merozygotes are irradiated (X rays or ultraviolet light) soon after marker transfer, high linkage values (0.8 to 1.0) between nearby marker pairs decrease with radiation dose to 0.5. Our results are quantitatively consistent with the idea that radiations induce crossing-over lesions proportional to dose, and the number of such lesions between two markers is proportional to the physical separation of the markers in the range that can also be measured by interruption of mating (0.5 to 4.0 min). Additivity relations among markers are also satisfied. We used this technique to measure the distances (0.1 to 1.0 min) between several pairs of closely linked markers.

Chromosome Mapping↗

Genetic mapping of a mutation conferring sensitivity to bacteriophage Mu in Salmonella typhimurium LT2.

Two strains of Salmonella typhimurium LT2, SA1475 and MA411, were fortuitously found to be sensitive to bacteriophage Mu. The Mu-sensitivity allele of SA1475 was called musA1 and shown to be linked to the histidine operon both in conjugation and transduction experiments. The Mus allele of MA411 was unlinked to the his region and was tentatively designated musB2. Strains carrying large deletions of the his operon were also tested for Mu sensitivity; those of which the his-rib region is deleted were also sensitive to Mu. Transduction data led to the order zee-2 hisOGDCBAHFIE gnd musA. An Hfr injecting the his operon early (HfrK9) an carrying hisG9424::Tn10 delta 4 delta 11 and musA1 was isolated; this Hfr made it possible to introduce the Mus character into most derivatives of S. typhimurium LT2. Since strain SA1475 is resistant to bacteriophage P1, it could be used to select a new P1-Mu hybrid which has the host range of Mu and the transduction properties of P1.

Alleles↗

Location of genes for motility and chemotaxis on the Escherichia coli genetic map.

In Escherichia coli, the following genes are involved in motility and chemotaxis. The H gene is the structural gene for flagellin. Mutation in the mot gene results in paralysis of the flagella, and mutation in the fla genes leads to an absence of flagella. The cheA, cheB, and cheC genes are required for chemotaxis. The chromosomal location of these genes has now been determined. The majority are clustered in a small region around uvrC, between his and aroD, in the order his-cheC-H-uvrC-mot-cheA-cheB-aroD. The fla genes are located in the same region, and also between trp and gal. The results indicate that many of the genes are homologous to those which have been studied in Salmonella typhimurium.

Cell Biology↗

Genetic mapping of regA mutants of bacteriophage T4D.

SP62, a mutant of bacteriophage T4 shown by Wiberg et al. (1973) to be defective in regulation of T4 protein synthesis, was shown by complementation tests to define a new gene, regA, and by intergenic mapping to lie between genes 43 and 62. The mapping involved crossing SP62 with a quadruple amber mutant defective in genes 42, 43, 62, and 44, selecting all six classes of amber-containing recombinants caused by single crossover events, and then scoring the presence or absence of SP62 in these recombinants. In addition, 15 new, spontaneous regA mutants were isolated, and 13 of these were mapped against each other; a total of eight different mutation sites were thus defined. Most of the new mutants were isolated as pseudorevertants of a leaky amber mutant in gene 62, according to Karam and Bowles (1974), whereas one was identified by virtue of the "white ring" around its plaque, a phenotype possessed by all the regA mutants at high temperature, SP62 was renamed regA1, and the new mutants were named regA2, regA3, etc.

Chromosome Mapping↗

Effect of pactamycin on synthesis of poliovirus proteins: a method for genetic mapping.

We have studied the effect of the drug pactamycin on protein synthesis in poliovirus-infected HeLa cells. At a concentration which primarily inhibits initiation of protein synthesis, the spectrum of poliovirus proteins synthesized is markedly changed. The amount of NCVP 1, the capsid precursor, is greatly reduced relative to NCVP 2 and the amount of NCVP X is slightly reduced. Since it is believed that there is only one major site for the initiation of protein synthesis on the poliovirus genome, we interpret this differential effect on the poliovirus proteins to be an indication of their relative distance from the initiation site. On this basis, we propose a gene order for the poliovirus genome (5' --> 3') of NCVP 1, NCVP X, NCVP 2.

Antibiotics, Antineoplastic↗

Level of polymorphism and genetic mapping of AFLP markers in rice.

Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) has been proposed as a valuable tool for gene mapping in plant species. We compared the levels of polymorphism for AFLP, RAPD, and microsatellite markers on 12 japonica and 2 indica rice cultivars. For AFLPs, seven EcoRI and seven MseI primers used in 18 primer combinations generated a total of 529 bands, of which 147 were clearly polymorphic among the accessions. The 21 RAPD primers produced 103 bands of which 43 were polymorphic. For the microsatellite markers the number of alleles per locus ranged from one (1 locus) to six. All marker types gave the same classification of the rice accessions into subspecies. Within japonica cultivars, the average percent polymorphism between any two accessions was 22% for AFLP, 24% for RAPD, and 36% for microsatellite markers (monomorphic bands excluded). The average percent polymorphism between indica and japonica accessions was 65, 35, and 76%, for AFLP, RAPD, and microsatellite markers, respectively. The total number of polymorphic bands was much higher for AFLPs, averaging over eight per gel. Seven AFLP primer combinations were assayed on 80 F2 plants of an indica x japonica cross previously mapped with RFLP markers. Of 54 AFLP bands scored, 50 could be mapped to specific chromosomes, and these appeared to be distributed throughout the rice genome. This indicates that AFLPs are a promising marker for mapping important genes in rice.

Chromosome Mapping↗