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. 1994 Nov;138(3):865–870. doi: 10.1093/genetics/138.3.865

Reversible Changes in the Composition of the Population of Mtdnas during Dedifferentiation and Regeneration in Tobacco

A Kanazawa 1, N Tsutsumi 1, A Hirai 1
PMCID: PMC1206234  PMID: 7851781

Abstract

Differences in the composition of the population of mtDNAs between green plants and calli of tobacco were detected by DNA filter hybridization analysis. The altered composition of the population of mtDNAs observed in calli returned to the composition typical of green plants during the process of regeneration. Quantitative assays revealed that the changes were associated with the differentiation and dedifferentiation of cells since the extent of the change in composition depended on the degree of differentiation of a population of cells. The sequence that accumulated in dedifferentiated cells was shown to be a product of recombination mediated by a 9-nucleotide repeated element, one of which is located at the 5' region of atp6. Although the recombinant sequence was not detected by a hybridization procedure in green plants, its presence was identified by a more sensitive polymerase chain reaction method. The recombination event was shown to result in a deletion that prevents reverse recombination. Therefore, the reversion from the altered composition to the normal state of the population of mtDNAs during regeneration is explained not by recombination but by the preferential amplification of subgenomic mtDNA molecules.

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