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Severe chlorotic spot symptoms in cucumber mosaic virus strain Y-infected tobaccos are induced by a combination of the virus coat protein gene and two host recessive genes.

To investigate the genetic determinants of severe chlorotic spot symptoms in cucumber mosaic virus (CMV[Y])-inoculated tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum 'Ky57') leaves, symptom expression was compared among tobaccos (N. tabacum 'Ky57', N. tabacum 'Xanthi nc', and their hybrids) inoculated with CMV(Y), CMV(O), or pseudorecombinants of both strains of CMV. Xanthi nc showed very mild chlorotic spot symptoms in CMV(Y)-inoculated leaves. Both CMV(O)-inoculated Ky57 and Xanthi nc leaves showed no symptoms. In pseudorecombinant-inoculated Ky57 leaves, severe symptoms were determined by chimeric CMV(O) and CMV(Y) RNA3 transcripts, which contained most of the coat protein gene of CMV(Y). Genetic analysis of severe symptom formation in CMV(Y) or pseudorecombinant-inoculated tobaccos indicated that two recessive nuclear-coded host genes determined severe symptom formation in CMV(Y)-inoculated Ky57. The two recessive host genetic loci completely cosegregated with the two recessive burley loci (yb1 and yb2 genes) of Ky57, whose character is an apparent reduction in chlorophyll of the stems. When several cultivars of N. tabacum were inoculated with CMV(Y), all burley tobaccos clearly showed severe symptoms, but most other cultivars showed very mild symptoms. These results suggest that severe chlorotic spot symptom formation in CMV(Y)-inoculated Ky57 is induced by a combination of the virus coat protein gene and two recessive host genes that are closely linked to or identical to yb genes.

Base Sequence↗

Targeting xa13, a recessive gene for bacterial blight resistance in rice.

Bacterial blight, caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), is one of the most serious diseases of rice worldwide. Thirty bacterial blight resistance (R) genes (21 dominant genes and 9 recessive genes) in rice have been identified. They are the main sources for the genetic improvement of rice for resistance to Xoo. However, little is known about the recessive R genes. To clone and characterize the recessive R genes, we fine-mapped xa13, a fully recessive gene for Xoo resistance, to a DNA fragment of 14.8 kb using the map-based cloning strategy and a series of sequence-based molecular markers. Sequence analysis of this fragment indicated that this region contains only two apparently intact candidate genes (an extensin-like gene and a homologue of nodulin MtN3) and the 5' end of a predicted hypothetical gene. These results will greatly facilitate the isolation and characterization of xa13. Four PCR-based markers, E6a, SR6, ST9 and SR11 that were tightly linked to the xa13 locus, were also developed. These markers will be useful tools for the marker-assisted selection of xa13 in breeding programs.

Chromosomes, Plant↗

Expression of leukemogenic recombinant viruses associated with a recessive gene in HRS/J mice.

HRS/J inbred mice carry a mutant autosomal recessive gene (hr), which in homozygotes coincides with susceptibility to spontaneous thymic leukemia. Unlike their heterozygote (hr/+) littermates, hr/hr homozygotes express high levels of xenotropic virus during the preleukemic period, and viruses with a broadened host range (termed polytropic viruses) can be isolated from their preleukemic and leukemic tissues. Because hr/hr and hr/+ mice are otherwise genetically identical, the virological differences between them support the role of polytropic viruses in the generation of thymic leukemia. In the present report we show that the HRS/J polytropic viruses are env gene recombinants with unique oligonucleotide and peptide maps. These polytropic viruses appear to arise by recombination between ecotropic virus and an unidentified genome related, but not identical to, the endogenous xenotropic viruses. Moreover, polytropic viruses not only accelerate leukemogenesis in HRS/J mice, but also induce thymic leukemia in the low leukemia strain CBA/J. By contrast, cloned ecotropic and xenotropic viruses have no leukemogenic action.

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CD4 and CD8 T lymphocyte inheritance. Evidence for major autosomal recessive genes.

The CD4/CD8 ratio has long been used for the follow-up and monitor of many infectious diseases. Following the demonstration in 1983 that the CD4/CD8 ratio in the mouse is under genetic control, it was subsequently shown to be controlled by a major locus in man. To define the mode of inheritance of the CD4/CD8 ratio, we addressed the absolute number of CD4 and CD8 cells in a large unselected control sample and in members of 70 nuclear families. Pedigrees of nuclear families were analyzed by complex segregation analysis. Data was adjusted prior to this analysis to remove the effects of relevant covariates. The non-genetic-transmission and the multifactorial model could be easily rejected for both CD4 and CD8 cells. Among the different inheritance models, involving both a major gene and a multifactorial (MFT) component, a major autosomal recessive gene with a residual MFT effect controlling the high number of CD4 and a major autosomal recessive gene with a residual MFT effect controlling the high number of CD8 cells were the significantly best-fitting ones. Our findings have some practical implications. Among all, the knowledge of the CD4+ cell number and the proportion between CD4+ and CD8+ T cells could be a useful parameter in predicting human immunodeficiency virus infection outcome.

Adolescent↗

Two recessive genes controlling thermophotoperiod-sensitive male sterility in wheat.

Male sterility of wheat-breeding line 337S (Triticum aestivum L.) is sensitive to both short day-length/low temperature and long day-length/high temperature. 337S was crossed with the common wheat variety, Huamai No. 8 and the F1 was highly fertile. The F2 population segregated in a 15:1 ratio for fertility/sterility in 243 individuals under long day-length/high-temperature. The two thermophotoperiod-responsive male sterile genes were mapped to chromosomes 5B and 2B using Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) markers and bulked segregant analysis. Partial linkage maps around the sterility loci of chromosomes 2B and 5B were constructed using the 243 individuals in the F2 population. One gene (wptms1) for male sterility was flanked by the SSR markers Xgwm335 and Xgwm371 at a genetic distance in chromosome 5B of 4.1 and 24.4 cM, respectively. The second gene (wptms2) was mapped between markers Xgwm374 and Xgwm120 at a genetic distance of 6.6 and 20.9 cM, respectively. The closest linked markers Xgwm335 (wptms1) and Xgwm374 (wptms2) explained 53 and 38% of phenotypic variation for the fertility. The SSR markers provide a useful tool to transfer the male sterile genes into elite wheat germplasm.

Chromosome Mapping↗

Identity-by-descent and association mapping of a recessive gene for Hirschsprung disease on human chromosome 13q22.

Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a congenital disorder of unknown etiology characterized by the absence of enteric ganglia in the distal colon. We have ascertained a large, inbred, Mennonite kindred which demonstrates a high incidence of Hirschsprung disease (HSCR). Genealogical analysis of all kinship relationships identified a single common ancestral couple for all parents of affected offspring. Segregation analysis yielded a segregation ratio of 10.67% for males and 5.45% for females. We searched for locations of the gene(s) responsible for HSCR in this pedigree by genotyping three small multicase families and locating genomic regions demonstrating identity-by-descent followed by linkage disequilibrium analysis of 28 additional nuclear families. Based on this novel strategy, we report the mapping of a new locus for HSCR to chromosome 13q22. Nine microsatellite markers spanning 10 cM in this region were genotyped on thirty-one nuclear families. Significant nonrandom association was detected with alleles at markers D13S162, D13S160, D13S170, and AFM240zg9. In addition, our studies reveal preliminary evidence for a genetic modifier of HSCR in this kindred on chromosome 21q22.

Chromosome Mapping↗