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. 1986 Dec;82(4):1145–1147. doi: 10.1104/pp.82.4.1145

Restriction Enzyme Analysis of Tomato Chloroplast and Chromoplast DNA 1

Christina M Hunt 1,2, Ross C Hardison 1,2, Charles D Boyer 1,2
PMCID: PMC1056273  PMID: 16665149

Abstract

Plastid DNA was isolated from the chloroplasts of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum var Traveler 76) leaves and the chromoplasts of ripe tomato fruit. Comparisons of the two DNAs were made by restriction endonuclease analysis using PvuII, HpaI, and Bg1I. No differences in the electrophoretic banding patterns of the restricted plastid DNAs were detected, indicating that no major rearrangements, losses, or gains of plastid DNA accompany the transition from chloroplast to chromoplast.

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