title: Intra-chromosomal rearrangements generated by Cre-lox site-specific recombination.
abstract: Chromosomal rearrangements are useful genetic and breeding tools but are often difficult to detect and characterize. To more easily identify and define chromosome deletions and inversions, we have used the bacteriophage P1 Cre-lox site-specific recombination system to generate these events in plants. This involves three steps: (i) the introduction of two lox sites into one locus in a plant genome, including one site within a modified Ds transposon; (ii) Ac transposase-mediated transposition of the Ds-lox element to a new locus on the same chromosome; (iii) Cre-mediated site-specific recombination between the two lox sites that bracket a chromosome segment. We report the production of a deletion and three inversion events in tobacco. The utility of chromosomal segments bracketed by lox sites for targeted manipulation and cloning is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Plant Gene Expression Center, US Department of Agriculture, Albany, CA 94710.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Medberry
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dale
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Ow
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D007446:Chromosome Inversion; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics*; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D019426:Integrases; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D011995:Recombination, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000235:genetics; D014764:Viral Proteins
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D018744:DNA, Plant; D014764:Viral Proteins; C045073:Cre recombinase; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases; D019426:Integrases