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Title: THE RF2 NUCLEAR RESTORER OF MALE-STERILE T CYTOPLASM ENCODES AN ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE

Authors
item Cui, Xiangqin - ISU
item Chen, Weijun - ISU
item Wise, Roger
item Schnable, Patrick - ISU

Submitted to: Maize Genetics Conference Abstracts
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: March 14, 1995
Publication Date: N/A

Technical Abstract: Rf2 is one of two complementary nuclear restoration genes of the male-steri T cytoplasm. Transposon tagged alleles of rf2 have been isolated previousl (Schnable and Wise, Genetics, 1994). A 3.4-kb Rf2 fragment containing the Mu1 element was cloned and verified via allelic cross-referencing experiments. A partial Rf2 cDNA obtained from a tassel library exhibits 70 0amino acid sequence homology to aldehyde dehydrogenases. This finding has led to the development of a model to explain the role of Rf2 in fertility restoration. An analysis of an Rf2 genomic clone from B73 has established the presence of at least five introns.

     
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