A Genetic Defect Caused by a Triplet Repeat Expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana

Sureshkumar, S, Todesco, M, Schneeberger, K, Harilal, R, Balasubramanian, S and Weigel, D (2009) A Genetic Defect Caused by a Triplet Repeat Expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana. Science, 323 5917: 1060-1063.


Author Sureshkumar, S
Todesco, M
Schneeberger, K
Harilal, R
Balasubramanian, S
Weigel, D
Title A Genetic Defect Caused by a Triplet Repeat Expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana
Formatted title A Genetic Defect Caused by a Triplet Repeat Expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana
Journal name Science  (ERA 2012 Listed)    (ERA 2010 Rank A*)   Check publisher's open access policy
Publication date 2009-02
Sub-type Article
DOI 10.1126/science.1164014
Volume number 323
Issue number 5917
ISSN 0036-8075
Start page 1060
End page 1063
Total pages 4
Editor Bruce Alberts
Katrina Lm Kelner
Place of publication United States
Publisher American Association for the Advancement of Science
Collection year 2010
Language eng
Subject 060412 Quantitative Genetics (incl. Disease and Trait Mapping Genetics)
060702 Plant Cell and Molecular Biology
970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences
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Formatted abstract Variation in the length of simple DNA triplet repeats has been linked to phenotypic variability in
microbes and to several human disorders. Population-level forces driving triplet repeat contraction
and expansion in multicellular organisms are, however, not well understood. We have identified a
triplet repeat–associated genetic defect in an Arabidopsis thaliana variety collected from the wild. The
Bur-0 strain carries a dramatically expanded TTC/GAA repeat in the intron of the ISOPROPYL MALATE
ISOMERASE LARGE SUB UNIT1 (IIL1; At4g13430) gene. The repeat expansion causes an environmentdependent
reduction in IIL1 activity and severely impairs growth of this strain, whereas contraction of
the expanded repeat can reverse the detrimental phenotype. The Bur-0 IIL1 defect thus presents a
genetically tractable model for triplet repeat expansions and their variability in natural populations.
Keyword FRIEDREICH ATAXIA
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