title: The use of the S haplotype-specific F-box protein gene, SFB, as a molecular marker for S-haplotypes and self-compatibility in Japanese apricot (Prunus mume).
abstract: Japanese apricot ( Prunus mume) exhibits the S-RNase-based gametophytic self-incompatibility system as do other self-incompatible Prunus species. This report identifies the S haplotype-specific F-box protein gene ( SFB), a candidate gene for pollen- S, of Japanese apricot, which leads to the development of a molecular typing system for S-haplotype in this fruit species. Both 5'- and 3'-RACE (rapid amplification of cDNA ends) were performed with SFB gene-specific oligonucleotide primers to clone Pm-SFB(1) and Pm-SFB(7) of 'Nanko ( S(1) S(7))'. As in the case of SFB of other Prunus species, Pm-SFB(1) and Pm-SFB(7) showed a high level of S-haplotype-specific sequence polymorphism and their expression was specific to pollen. Genomic DNA-blot analyses of 11 Japanese apricot cultivars with the Pm-SFB probes under low stringency conditions yielded RFLP bands specific to the S(1)- to S(8)-haplotypes as well as a self-compatible S(f)-haplotype. A practical usage of SFB as a molecular marker for S-haplotypes and self-compatibility in Japanese apricot is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Pomology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 606-8502, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Hisayo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamane
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ushijima
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sassa
authors.forename: Ryutaro
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tao
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006239:Haplotypes; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D027861:Prunus / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant; D005819:Genetic Markers; D010940:Plant Proteins