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SUBMITTER: Gabay-Laughnan S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2674844 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gabay-Laughnan Susan S Kuzmin Evgeny V EV Monroe Jessica J Roark Leah L Newton Kathleen J KJ
Genetics 20090302 1
S-type cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS-S) in maize is associated with high levels of a 1.6-kb RNA in mitochondria. This RNA contains two chimeric open reading frames (ORFs), orf355 and orf77. The previously described nuclear restorer-of-fertility allele Rf3 causes the processing of all transcripts that contain these chimeric ORFs. The Lancaster Surecrop-derived inbred line A619 carries a restorer that is distinct from Rf3 in that it selectively reduces only the CMS-S-specific 1.6-kb RNA. We have ...[more]