title: An S5 self-incompatibility allele-specific cDNA sequence from Brassica oleracea shows high homology to the SLR2 gene.
abstract: The sequence is reported of a cDNA molecule homologous to an mRNA from stigma tissue of Brassica oleracea plants homozygous for the S5 self-incompatibility allele. This cDNA is closely related to a previously published sequence designated SLR2, which was obtained from the same stigma cDNA library and is also related to the SLR1 gene, a cDNA for which has also been obtained from this library. Various B. oleracea lines differing in S alleles and of different varieties have been screened for the presence of particular S gene family sequences using a method involving hybridization of sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes to PCR products. The results indicate that a gene homologous to the sequence presented here is absent from a line lacking the S5 allele, though present in other lines containing the S5 allele, regardless of their genetic background. This finding suggests that the sequence represents a transcript of the SLG (S locus glycoprotein) gene. A similar approach has confirmed that a cDNA derived from a Brassica line containing the S29 allele is also S allele-specific. The predicted amino acid sequences derived from a number of S gene family sequences are compared using numerical methods and possible evolutionary relationships between them are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Durham, UK.
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Scutt
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Croy
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001345:Autoradiography; D001483:Base Sequence; D001937:Brassica / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D006720:Homozygote; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004247:DNA