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Rough and fine linkage mapping of the Rhizobium meliloti chromosome.

A circular linkage map of the Rhizobium meliloti chromosome, obtained from R68.45-mediated crosses, has been revised by cotransductional analysis, after general transduction by DF2 phage. Three short chromosomal regions have been mapped by cotransduction. Comparison between conjugal and cotransductional data suggests that R68.45-mediated linkage measures are indeed rough. Cotransduction seems to be a useful tool for improving the linkage map of R. meliloti.

Chromosome Mapping

Expanded linkage map of Vibrio cholerae.

An expanded linkage map of the Vibrio cholerae classical strain 162 chromosome has been prepared using a variety of new auxotrophic mutants. The chromosome consists of a single, linear linkage group. The map consists of 17 markers, which have been ordered; 20 mutational sites, which are tentatively ordered; five markers (ura-1, ser-2, mal-1, man-1, suc-1), which are linked but unordered; and three mutations (aro-2, cys-2 and cys-6) which showed little or no linkage. A proposal is made to standardize genetic nomenclature in V. cholerae genetic studies.

Chromosome Mapping

Linkage mapping from pair-wise recombination data.

The problem of obtaining a genetic map of a linkage group from pair-wise recombination data is considered. A non-parametric approach is proposed, that does not require the definition of a mapping function, computation of coefficients of coincidence, nor knowledge of map length or sex differences in recombination. An application to Bridges and Morgan's (1923) data on chromosome 3 of Drosophila melanogaster is presented.

Chromosome Mapping

Linkage map of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAT.

The locations of new markers relative to markers previously mapped on the chromosome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PAT were defined by generalized transduction with phage F116L and F1083. Although the marker orders of the various marker groups were deduced mainly from the results of two-factor crosses, the locations of a number of markers were confirmed by three-factor crosses. A linkage map of the chromosome of P. aeruginosa PAT was constructed which shows the relative locations of 50 genes. From the available data, the linkage maps of P. aeruginosa strains PAO and PAT appear to be similar.

Amino Acids

Genetic circularity of the Proteus mirabilis linkage map.

The T incompatibility group plasmid R394 can mobilize the chromosome of Proteus mirabilis strain PM5006. It transferred relatively large segments, corresponding to at least 20 min on the D plasmid chromosomal map of the organism. The frequency of recombination for a large number of selected markers was nearly constant at 5 X 10(-6) per donor cell and it is concluded that mobilization takes place from a number of chromosomal sites. All recombinants were R+ and displayed all properties of the plasmid. By analysing crosses for co-inheritance frequencies of unselected markers, a number of chromosomal loci were assembled in linear array. Linkage between markers at the ends of this linkage group was established to markers at the respective termini of the existing D plasmid linkage group. This established a composite circular linkage map of genes of the P. mirabilis strain PM5006 chromosome.

Chromosome Mapping

Temperature-sensitive mutants of herpes simplex virus type 2: a provisional linkage map based on recombination analysis.

Thirteen ts mutants of type 2 herpes simplex virus were backcrossed to a syncytial but not temperature-sensitive mutant of wild-type virus. This was an attempt to introduce a third marker, syncytial plaque morphology or syn, into at least some of the ts mutants. Three ts mutants carrying the syn marker were obtained but only one, ts 9, was satisfactory for genetic experiments. Three-factor crosses were carried out between ts 9 syn and the mutants which determined the order of eleven ts mutations relative to both the ts 9 mutation and the syn mutation. A provisional linkage map based both on the order derived from the three-factor crosses and on map distances from recombination frequencies has been prepared: it contains nine ts mutations and the syn mutation.

Cell Line

DNA of Epstein-Barr virus. IV. Linkage map of restriction enzyme fragments of the B95-8 and W91 strains of Epstein-Barr Virus.

The arrangement of EcoRI, Hsu I, and Sal I restriction enzyme sites in the DNA of the B95-8 and W91 isolates of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been determined from the size of the single-enzyme-cleaved fragments and from blot hybridizations that identify which fragments cut from the DNA with one enzyme contain nucleotide sequences in common with fragments cut from the DNA with a second enzyme. The DNA of the B95-8 isolate was the prototype for this study. The data indicate that (i) approximately 95 X 10(6) to 100 X 10(6) daltons of EBV (B95-8) DNA is in a consistent and unique sequence arrangement. (ii) Both termini are variable in length. One end of the molecule after Hsu I endonuclease cleavage consists of approximately 3,000 base pairs, with as many as 10 additional 500-base pair segments. The opposite end of the molecule after Sal I endonuclease cleavage consists of approximately 1,500 base pairs, with as many as 10 additional 500-base pair segments. (iii) The opposite ends of the molecule contain homologous sequences. The high degree of homology between the opposite ends of the molecule and the similarity in size of the "additional" 500-base pair segments suggests that there are identical repeating units at both ends of the DNA. The arrangement of restriction endonuclease fragments of the DNA of the W91 isolate of EBV is similar to that of the B95-8 isolate and differs from the latter in the presence of approximately 7 X 10(6) daltons of "extra" DNA at a single site. Thus, the size of almost all EcoRI, Hsu I, and Sal I fragments of EBV (W91) DNA is identical to that of fragments of EBV (B95-8) DNA. A single EcoRI fragment, C, of EBV (W91) DNA is approximately 7 X 10(6) daltons larger than the corresponding EcoRI fragment of EBV (B95-8) DNA. Digestion of EBV (W91) DNA with Hsu I or Sal I restriction endonucleases produces two fragments (Hsu I D1 and D2 or Sal I G2 and G3) which differ in total size by approximately 7 X 10(6) daltons from the fragments of EBV (B95-8) DNA. Furthermore, the EcoRI, Hsu I, and Sal I fragments of EBV (W91) and (B95-8) DNAs, which are of similar molecular weight, have homologous nucleotide sequences. Moreover, the W91 fragments contain only sequences from a single region of the B95-8 genome. Two lines of evidence indicate that the "extra" sequences present in W91 EcoRI fragment C are viral DNA and not cellular. (i) The molecular weight of the "enlarged" EcoRI C fragment of EBV (W91) DNA is identical to that of the EcoRI C fragment of another isolate of EBV (Jijoye), (ii) The HR-1 clone of Jijoye has previously been shown to contain DNA which is not present in the B95-8 strain but is present in the EcoRI C and Hsu I D2 and D1 fragments of EBV (W91) DNA (N. Raab-Traub, R. Pritchett, and E. Kieff, J. Virol. 27:388-398, 1978).

Cell Line

Linkage map of the nitrogen fixation (nif) genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae.

The nif cistrons indentified by complementation analysis in the preceding paper (Dixon et al., 1977) were mapped with respect to hisD and to each other other by P1 cotransduction and three-factor reciprocal crosses. The order obrained was hisD nifB nifA (nifL) nifF nifE nifK nifD nifH. Analysis of hisD2-nif cotransduction data by the Wu equation (Wu, 1966) suggested that the nif genes are divided into two clusters: a his-proximal cluster comprising nifBA(L)F and a his-distal group of nifEKDH.

Chromosome Mapping

Animal breeding and disease.

Single-locus disorders in domesticated animals were among the first Mendelian traits to be documented after the rediscovery of Mendelism, and to be included in early linkage maps. The use of linkage maps and (increasingly) comparative genomics has been central to the identification of the causative gene for single-locus disorders of considerable practical importance. The 'score-card' in domestic animals is now more than 100 disorders for which the molecular lesion has been identified and hence for which a DNA test is available. Because of the limited lifespan of any such test, a cost-effective and hence popular means of protecting the intellectual property inherent in a DNA test is not to publish the discovery. While understandable, this practice creates a disconcerting precedent. For multifactorial disorders that are scored on an all-or-none basis or into many classes, the effectiveness of control schemes could be greatly enhanced by selection on estimated breeding values for liability. Genetic variation for resistance to pathogens and parasites is ubiquitous. Selection for resistance can therefore be successful. Because of the technical and welfare challenges inherent in the requirement to expose animals to pathogens or parasites in order to be able to select for resistance, there is a very active search for DNA markers for resistance. The first practical fruits of this research were seen in 2002, with the launch of a national scrapie control programme in the UK.

Animal Diseases

Mapping and characterization of the nad genes in Salmonella typhimurium LT-2.

An ampicillin enrichment technique was used to isolate 39 nicotinic acid-requiring mutants of Salmonella typhimurium LT-2. Using interrupted-mating and transductional mapping procedures, three loci, designated nadA, nadB, and nadC, were identified. These loci mapped at 33, 82, and 6 min, respectively, on the S. typhimurium linkage map. The arrangement of the loci on the Salmonella linkage map corresponded closely to the nadA, nadB, and nadC loci on the Escherichia coli K-12 linkage map, indicating that the de novo pathway to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and the genes governing the enzymes involved in this pathway in S. typhimurium are very similar to those in E. coli. Evidence is also presented which indicates that the product of the nadC locus in S. typhimurium LT-2 is the enzyme quinolinic acid phosphoribosyltransferase. All nadC mutants of S. typhimurium secreted between 2 and 8 mumol of quinolinic acid per 100 ml of secretion medium. In addition, none of the nadC mutants isolated were able to grow in 10(-3) M quinolinic acid, whereas all nadA and nadB mutants of S. typhimurium grew well in the presence of quinolinic acid. Transductional crosses between nadB mutants provided evidence suggestive of more than one locus in the nadB region.

Chromosome Mapping

Colinearity in the mouse genome: a study of chromosome 2.

The cytologic positions (determined by G-banding) of the breakpoints on mouse chromosome 2 of a series of ten reciprocal translocations were compared with their most probable genetic positions on the linkage map, as determined by studies on recombination with known chromosome 2 (= linkage group V) markers. The most probable proximaldistal orders of the genetic and cytologic breakpoints were found to be the same; i.e., the two sets of breakpoints were colinear. However, there was no close correspondence between these two measures of the distance apart of adjacent breakpoints, since some translocation breaks which were well separated in G-band positions seemed close together in terms of the linkage map, and vice versa. This helps to confirm LYON'S conclusion that in certain mouse chromosomes, including No. 2, the distribution of chiasmata is nonrandom.

Animals

Patterns of mobilization of the Proteus mirabilis chromosome by R plasmids.

R plasmids R40a, Rip69, R447b, R769 belonging to incompatibility groups A-C, M, N, V, respectively, were investigated for chromosomal mobilizing ability in Proteus mirabilis. Plasmids R40a, Rip69 and R447b mediated polarized transfer of markers in a clockwise direction from origins near tyr-1, metF and ser-2, respectively, on the linkage map. The recovery frequency per donor cell of proximal markers approached 1 x 10(-4) for these three plasmids and the efficiency of chromosomal transfer was higher than that of the previously studied plasmid D. The plasmid-guided chromosomal trajectories overlap and it was possible to complement results obtained with plasmid D to assemble a time-of-entry chromosomal map and directly establish the circularity of the linkage group. The map comprises a length of 93 min in terms of transfer time. Plasmid R769 had a different pattern of chromosome transfer. This plasmid produced recombinants for all markers at frequencies of about 4 x 10(-6) per donor. It effected multiple and more or less simultaneous entry of markers and produced recombination over lengths of chromosome rarely corresponding to more than 10 min on the linkage map.

Chromosome Mapping

Pyridine nucleotide cycle of Salmonella typhimurium: isolation and characterization of pncA, pncB, and pncC mutants and utilization of exogenous nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide.

Mutants of Salmonella typhimurium LT-2 deficient in nicotinamidase activity (pncA) or nicotinic acid phosphoribosyltransferase activity (pncB) were isolated as resistant to analogs of nicotinic acid and nicotinamide. Information obtained from interrupted mating experiments placed the pncA gene at 27 units and the pncB gene at 25 units on the S. typhimurium LT-2 linkage map. A major difference in the location of the pncA gene was found between the S. typhimurium and Escherichia coli linkage maps. The pncA gene is located in a region in which there is a major inversion of the gene order in S. typhimurium as compared to that in E. coli. Growth experiments using double mutants blocked in the de novo pathway to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) (nad) and in the pyridine nucleotide cycle (pnc) at either the pncA or pncB locus, or both, have provided evidence for the existence of an alternate recycling pathway in this organism. Mutants lacking this alternate cycle, pncC, have been isolated and mapped via cotransduction at 0 units. Utilization of exogenous NAD was examined through the use of [14C]carbonyl-labeled NAD and [14C]adenine-labeled NAD. The results of these experiments suggest that NAD is degraded to nicotinamide mononucleotide at the cell surface. A portion of this extracellular nicotinamide mononucleotide is then transported across the cell membrane by nicotinamide mononucleotide glycohydrolase and degraded to nicotinamide in the process. The remaining nicotinamide mononucleotide accumulates extracellularly and will support the growth of nadA pncB mutants which cannot utilize the nicotinamide resulting from the major pathway of NAD degradation. A model is presented for the utilization of exogenous NAD by S. typhimurium LT-2.

Amidohydrolases

A transposable element insertion in AUX/IAA16 disrupts splicing and causes auxin resistance in Bassia scoparia.

A dicamba-resistant population of kochia (Bassia scoparia) identified in Colorado, USA in 2012 was used to generate a synthetic mapping population that segregated for dicamba resistance. Linkage mapping associating dicamba injury with genotype derived from restriction-site-associated DNA sequencing identified a single locus in the kochia genome associated with resistance on chromosome 4. A mutant version of Auxin/Indole-3-Acetic Acid 16 (AUX/IAA16; a gene previously implicated in dicamba resistance in kochia) was found near the middle of this locus in resistant plants. Long-read sequencing of dicamba-resistant plants identified a recently inserted long-terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposon TRIM element near the beginning of the second exon of AUX/IAA16, leading to disruption of normal splicing and a mutated degron domain. Stable transgenic lines of Arabidopsis thaliana ectopically expressing the mutant and wild-type alleles of AUX/IAA16 were developed. Arabidopsis thaliana plants expressing the mutant AUX/IAA16 allele grew shorter roots on control media. However, transgenic root growth was less inhibited on media containing either dicamba (5 μM) or IAA (0.5 μM) when compared with non-transgenic plants or those expressing the wild-type allele of AUX/IAA16. In vitro assays indicate reduced binding affinity and more rapid dissociation of the mutant AUX/IAA16 with TIR1 in the presence of several auxins, and protein modeling suggests the substitution of the glycine residue in the degron domain of AUX/IAA16 is especially important for resistance. A fitness cost associated with the mutant allele of AUX/IAA16 has implications for resistance evolution and management of kochia populations with this resistance mechanism.

Indoleacetic Acids

Genetic analysis of components involved in vitamin B12 uptake in Escherichia coli.

The products of three genes are involved in cyanocobalamin (B(12)) uptake in Escherichia coli. btuB (formerly bfe), located at min 88 on the Escherichia coli linkage map, codes for a protein component of the outer membrane which serves as receptor for B(12), the E colicins, and bacteriophage BF23. Four phenotypic classes of mutants varying in response to these agents were found to carry mutations that, based on complementation and reversion analyses, reside in the single btuB cistron. In one mutant class, ligand binding to the receptor appeared to be normal, but subsequent B(12) uptake was defective. The level of receptor and rate of uptake were responsive to btuB gene dosage. Previous studies showed that the tonB product was necessary for energy-dependent B(12) uptake but not for its binding. Other than those in tonB, no mutations that conferred insensitivity to group B colicins affected B(12) utilization. The requirement for the btuB and tonB products could be bypassed by elevated levels of B(12) (>1 muM) or by mutations compromising the integrity of the outer membrane as a permeability barrier. Utilization of elevated B(12) concentrations in strains lacking the btuB-tonB uptake system was dependent on the function of the btuC product. This gene was located at 37.7 min on the linkage map, with the order pps-btuC-pheS. Strains altered in btuC but with an intact btuB-tonB system were only slightly impaired in B(12) utilization, being defective in its accumulation. This defect was manifested as inability to retain B(12), such that intracellular label was almost completely lost by exchange or efflux. It is proposed that btuC encodes a transport system for B(12) in the periplasm.

Biological Transport, Active

Chromosome mapping in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAT.

A linkage map of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAT has been derived from the results of conjugation experiments using the plasmids FP2-2, R68, R91-5, and R68.45. FP2-2 and R68 each mobilize the chromosome from single, distinct transfer origins. R91-5 appears to mobilize the chromosome from two such origins, and R68.45 utilizes a number of transfer origins. R68 and R91-5 have both been shown to mobilize the chromosome with a polarity opposite to that by FP2-2. The locations of the transfer origins of these plasmids are such that it has not been possible to demonstrate chromosomal circularity by means of interrupted mating experiments. However, the available time-of-entry data combined with linkage data from plate mating experiments support the conclusion that the chromosome of P. aeruginosa is circular.

Chromosome Mapping

Mapping of a gene for a major outer membrane protein of Escherichia coli K12 with the aid of a newly isolated bacteriophage.

A method is described for the enrichment of phages which can adsorb to a specific determinant of bacterial cell surfaces. A phage was isolated which absorbs to E. coli cells containing the "major outer membrane= protein c but not to strains that are lacking this protein. With the aid of this phage a gene, meoA which is responsible for the lack of protein c was mapped at 48 min on the linkage map of E. coli K12.

Bacterial Proteins