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. 1997 Nov;9(11):2065-76.
doi: 10.1105/tpc.9.11.2065.

A functional S locus anther gene is not required for the self-incompatibility response in Brassica oleracea

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A functional S locus anther gene is not required for the self-incompatibility response in Brassica oleracea

M Pastuglia et al. Plant Cell. 1997 Nov.

Abstract

The self-incompatibility (SI) response in Brassica involves recognition of self-pollen by the papillar cells of the stigma and is mediated by the products of genes localized at the S (self-incompatibility) locus. Two S locus genes, SRK and SLG, are thought to encode components of a receptor complex present in the female partner. The putative gene product of SLA, a third S locus-linked gene that is expressed specifically in anthers, is a candidate for the male component of the SI recognition system. The identification of a mutant SLA allele, interrupted by a large insert resembling a retrotransposon, in self-compatible Brassica napus initially suggested that SLA played an essential role in the SI response. In this study, we have characterized an SLA allele from a self-compatible B. oleracea var acephala line and show that it too is interrupted by a large insert. However, analysis of seven B. oleracea var botrytis lines exhibiting both self-compatible and self-incompatible phenotypes showed that these lines carry an S allele very similar or identical to that of the B. oleracea var acephala line and that the SLA gene is interrupted by an insert in all seven lines. The insertion of the putative retrotransposon was shown to interfere with gene expression, with no SLA transcripts being detected by RNA gel blot analysis in a self-incompatible B. oleracea var botrytis line carrying an interrupted SLA gene. These data indicate that a functional SLA gene is not required for the SI response in Brassica.

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