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ArticlePlant biotechnology journal2017

Targeted mutagenesis of a conserved anther-expressed P450 gene confers male sterility in monocots.

A Mark Cigan, Manjit Singh, Geoffrey Benn, Lanie Feigenbutz, Manish Kumar, Myeong-Je Cho, Sergei Svitashev, Joshua Young

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Article in Plant biotechnology journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A Mark CiganTrait Technologies, DuPont Pioneer, Johnston, IA, USA.
Manjit SinghTrait Technologies, DuPont Pioneer, Johnston, IA, USA.
Geoffrey BennTrait Technologies, DuPont Pioneer, Johnston, IA, USA.
Lanie FeigenbutzTrait Technologies, DuPont Pioneer, Johnston, IA, USA.
Manish KumarTrait Technologies, DuPont Pioneer, Johnston, IA, USA.
Myeong-Je ChoTrait Technologies, DuPont Pioneer, Hayward, CA, USA.
Sergei SvitashevTrait Technologies, DuPont Pioneer, Johnston, IA, USA.
Joshua YoungTrait Technologies, DuPont Pioneer, Johnston, IA, USA.
Pioneer Hi-Bred · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeted mutagenesis using programmable DNA endonucleases has broad applications for studying gene function in planta and developing approaches to improve crop yields. Recently, a genetic method that eliminates the need to emasculate the female inbred during hybrid seed production, referred to as Seed Production Technology, has been described. The foundation of this genetic system relied on classical methods to identify genes critical to anther and pollen development. One of these genes is a P450 gene which is expressed in the tapetum of anthers. Homozygous recessive mutants in this gene render maize and rice plants male sterile. While this P450 in maize corresponds to the male fertility gene Ms26, male fertility mutants have not been isolated in other monocots such as sorghum and wheat. In this report, a custom designed homing endonuclease, Ems26+, was used to generate in planta mutations in the rice, sorghum and wheat orthologs of maize Ms26. Similar to maize, homozygous mutations in this P450 gene in rice and sorghum prevent pollen formation resulting in male sterile plants and fertility was restored in sorghum using a transformed copy of maize Ms26. In contrast, allohexaploid wheat plants that carry similar homozygous nuclear mutations in only one, but not all three, of their single genomes were male fertile. Targeted mutagenesis and subsequent characterization of male fertility genes in sorghum and wheat is an important step for capturing heterosis and improving crop yields through hybrid seed.

Indexed as

MutagenesisPlants, Genetically ModifiedPromoter Regions, GeneticReproductionSorghumTriticumZea maysendonucleasemale sterilericesorghumwheat

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PMID27614049
PMCPMC5316918
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