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Resistance gene analogues from rice: cloning, sequencing and mapping

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 Degenerate oligonucleotide primers were designed on the basis of nucleotide-binding-site (NBS) motifs conserved between resistance genes of Arabidopsis, flax and tobacco and subsequently used as PCR primers to amplify resistance gene analogues (RGA) in rice. Primers amplified a major band of approximately 500 bp. Restriction analysis of the amplified product revealed that the band was made up of several different fragments. Many of these fragments were cloned. Sixty different cloned fragments were analysed and assigned to 14 categories based on Southern blot analysis. Fourteen clones, each representing one of the 14 categories of RGAs were mapped onto the rice genetic map using a Nipponbare ( japonica)בKasalath’ (indica) mapping population consisting of 186 F2 lines. Of the 14 clones representing each class 12 could be mapped onto five different chromosomes of rice with a major cluster of 8 RGAs on chromosome 11. Our results indicate that it is possible to use sequence homology from conserved motifs of known resistance genes to amplify candidate resistance genes from diverse plant taxa.

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Received: 23 September 1998 / Accepted: 28 November 1998

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Mago, R., Nair, S. & Mohan, M. Resistance gene analogues from rice: cloning, sequencing and mapping. Theor Appl Genet 99, 50–57 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001220051207

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