title: Sequence and expression of endogenous S-locus glycoprotein genes in self-compatible Brassica napus.
abstract: Brassica napus is an amphidiploid plant which is self-compatible even though it is derived from hybridisation of the self-incompatible species B. oleracea and B. campestris. Experiments were undertaken to establish if S-locus glycoprotein (SLG) genes exist in B. napus and whether these are expressed as in self-incompatible Brassica species. Two different stigma-specific cDNA sequences homologous to SLG genes were obtained from the B. napus cultivar Westar. One of these sequences, SLGWS1, displayed highest homology to class I SLG alleles, whereas the other, SLGWS2, showed greatest homology to class II SLG genes. Both were expressed at high levels in Westar stigmas following a developmental pattern typical of SLG genes in the self-incompatible diploids. We infer that they represent the endogenous SLG genes at the two homologous S-loci. The occurrence of normally expressed SLG genes and its relevance to the self-compatible phenotype of B. napus is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Plant Research Centre, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Allard
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Franklin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trick
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001937:Brassica / Q000235:genetics*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D017343:Genes, Plant; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006023:Glycoproteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; C064156:self-incompatibility locus specific glycoprotein, Brassica