title: Activity of yeast FLP recombinase in maize and rice protoplasts.
abstract: We have demonstrated that a yeast FLP/FRT site-specific recombination system functions in maize and rice protoplasts. FLP recombinase activity was monitored by reactivation of beta-glucuronidase (GUS) expression from vectors containing the gusA gene inactivated by insertion of two FRTs (FLP recombination targets) and a 1.31 kb DNA fragment. The stimulation of GUS activity in protoplasts cotransformed with vectors containing FRT inactivated gusA gene and a chimeric FLP gene depended on both the expression of the FLP recombinase and the presence and structure of the FRT sites. The FLP enzyme could mediate inter- and intramolecular recombination in plant protoplasts. These results provide evidence that a yeast recombination system can function efficiently in plant cells, and that its performance can be manipulated by structural modification of the FRT sites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IA 47907.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Lyznik
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hirayama
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Hodges
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D003313:Zea mays / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases; C045119:FLP recombinase