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PLANT JOURNAL
Volume 36, Issue 4, Pages 522-531Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01896.x
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Ipomoea nil; Pharbitis nil; MADS-box; Tpn1; En/Spm; AGAMOUS
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Mutations in a floral homeotic gene DUPLICATED (DP) in the Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil) cause a substitution of reproductive organs to perianth organs (petals and sepals). This phenotype is similar to loss-of-function phenotypes of the C-function MCM1, AGAMOUS, DEFICIENS and SRF (MADS)-box gene family of transcription factors. DP was isolated using the consensus sequence of C-function MADS-box genes. Its intron-exon structure was well conserved beyond species, and it belongs to the FARINELLI (FAR)-pMADS3 subclass of C-function MADS-box genes. In a dp mutant, an Enhancer/Suppressor-mutator (En/Spm)-related transposable element, transposable element of Pharbitis nil (Tpn)-botan, was inserted in the second intron of DP gene, and the subsequent excision event led to a deletion of a substantial part of the original Tpn element and DP genome. A segment of Tpn1-related transposable element was identified at the recent insertion site of the wild-type DP genome. This transposable element sequence was present in all Ipomoea species tested. This finding suggests that the insertion event originated in an ancestral species of genus Ipomoea.
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