| Literature DB >> 16666259 |
J Ngernprasirtsiri1, H Kobayashi, T Akazawa.
Abstract
We have analyzed DNA methylation of plastid DNA from fully ripened red fruits, green mature fruits, and green leaves of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum var. Firstmore). Essentially identical restriction profiles were obtained between chromoplast and chloroplast DNAs by EcoRI digestion. BstNI/EcoRII and HpaII/MspI are pairs of isoschizomers that can discriminate between methylated and unmethylated DNAs. These endonucleases produced different restriction patterns of plastid DNAs from tomato fruits compared to tomato leaves. Moreover, we have found from Southern blots that methylation was not detected in DNA fragments containing certain genes that are actively expressed in chromoplasts, whereas DNA fragments bearing genes that are barely transcribed in chromoplasts are methylated.Entities:
Year: 1988 PMID: 16666259 PMCID: PMC1055517 DOI: 10.1104/pp.88.1.16
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Plant Physiol ISSN: 0032-0889 Impact factor: 8.340