title: Construction of a rice bacterial artificial chromosome library and identification of clones linked to the Xa-21 disease resistance locus.
abstract: A bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library consisting of 11,000 clones with an average DNA insert size of 125 kb was constructed from rice nuclear DNA. The BAC clones were stable in E. coli after 100 generations of serial growth. Transformation of the BAC clones by electroporation into E. coli was highly efficient and increased with decreasing size of the DNA inserts. The library was evaluated for the presence of organellar, repeated, and telomeric sequences. A very low percentage (< 0.3%) of the library consisted of chloroplast and mitochondrial clones. Eighteen BACs were identified that hybridized with an Arabidopsis telomere repeat. Sixteen BACs hybridized with the AA genome-specific repetitive sequence pOs48. Twelve clones were isolated that hybridized with three DNA markers linked to the Xa-21 disease resistance locus. The results indicate that the BAC system can be used to clone and manipulate large pieces of plant DNA efficiently.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, University of California at Davis 95616.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Holsten
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Ronald
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics; D016386:Chromosome Walking; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015723:Gene Library; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005819:Genetic Markers; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics; D014170:Transformation, Genetic
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant; D005819:Genetic Markers