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Insertion Sequence Content Reflects Genome Plasticity In Strains Of The Root Nodule Actinobacterium Frankia, Derek M. Bickhart, Johann P. Gogarten, Pascal Lapierre, Louis S. Tisa, Philippe Normand, David R. Benson Oct 2009

Insertion Sequence Content Reflects Genome Plasticity In Strains Of The Root Nodule Actinobacterium Frankia, Derek M. Bickhart, Johann P. Gogarten, Pascal Lapierre, Louis S. Tisa, Philippe Normand, David R. Benson

Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences

Background: Genome analysis of three Frankia sp. strains has revealed a high number of transposable elements in two of the strains. Twelve out of the 20 major families of bacterial Insertion Sequence (IS) elements are represented in the 148 annotated transposases of Frankia strain HFPCcI3 (CcI3) comprising 3% of its total coding sequences (CDS). EAN1pec (EAN) has 183 transposase ORFs from 13 IS families comprising 2.2% of its CDS. Strain ACN14a (ACN) differs significantly from the other strains with only 33 transposase ORFs (0.5% of the total CDS) from 9 IS families. Results: Insertion sequences in the Frankia genomes were …


Comparative Secretome Analysis Suggests Low Plant Cell Wall Degrading Capacity In Frankia Symbionts, Juliana E. Mastronunzio, Louis S. Tisa, Philippe Normand, David R. Benson Jan 2008

Comparative Secretome Analysis Suggests Low Plant Cell Wall Degrading Capacity In Frankia Symbionts, Juliana E. Mastronunzio, Louis S. Tisa, Philippe Normand, David R. Benson

Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences

Background: Frankia sp. strains, the nitrogen-fixing facultative endosymbionts of actinorhizal plants, have long been proposed to secrete hydrolytic enzymes such as cellulases, pectinases, and proteases that may contribute to plant root penetration and formation of symbiotic root nodules. These or other secreted proteins might logically be involved in the as yet unknown Molecular interactions between Frankia and their host plants. We compared the genome-based secretomes of three Frankia strains representing diverse host specificities. Signal peptide detection algorithms were used to predict the individual secretomes of each strain, and the set of secreted proteins shared among the strains, termed the core …


Genome-Wide High-Resolution Mapping By Recurrent Intermating Using Arabidopsis Thaliana As A Model, Sin-Chieh Liu, Stanley Kowalski, Tien-Hung Lan, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Andrew H. Patterson Jan 1996

Genome-Wide High-Resolution Mapping By Recurrent Intermating Using Arabidopsis Thaliana As A Model, Sin-Chieh Liu, Stanley Kowalski, Tien-Hung Lan, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Andrew H. Patterson

Law Faculty Scholarship

We demonstrate a method for developing populations suitable for genome-wide high-resolution genetic linkage mapping, by recurrent intermating among F2 individuals derived from crosses between homozygous parents. Comparison of intermated progenies to F2 and “recombinant inbred” (RI) populations from the same pedigree corroborate theoretical expectations that progenies intermated for four generations harbor about threefold more information for estimating recombination fraction between closely linked markers than either RI-selfed or F2 individuals (which are, in fact, equivalent in this regard) . Although intermated populations are heterozygous, homozygous “intermated recombinant inbred” (IN) populations can readily be generated, combining additional information afforded by intermating with …


Comparative Mapping Of Arabidopsis Thaliana And Brassica Oleracea Chromosomes Reveals Islands Of Conserved Organization, Stanley P. Kowalski, Tien-Hung Lan, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Andrew H. Patterson Jan 1994

Comparative Mapping Of Arabidopsis Thaliana And Brassica Oleracea Chromosomes Reveals Islands Of Conserved Organization, Stanley P. Kowalski, Tien-Hung Lan, Kenneth A. Feldmann, Andrew H. Patterson

Law Faculty Scholarship

The chromosomes of Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica oleracea have been extensively rearranged since the divergence of these species; however, conserved regions are evident. Eleven regions of conserved organization were detected, ranging from 3.7 to 49.6 cM in A. thaliana, spanning 158.2 cM (24.6%) of the A. thaliana genome, and 245 cM (29.9%) of the B. oleracea genome. At least 17 translocations and 9 inversions distinguish the genomes of A. thaliana and B. oleracea. In one case B. oleracea homoeologs show a common marker order, which is distinguished from the A. thaliana order by a rearrangement, indicating that the lineages of …