A Method for Precisely Identifying Modifications to Plant Mitochondrial Genomes by mitoTALENs

Tomohiko Kazama, Shin ichi Arimura

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Abstract

The ability to transform plant mitochondrial genomes has many benefits. Although delivery of foreign DNA to mitochondria is presently very difficult, it is now possible to knock out mitochondrial genes using mitochondria-targeted transcription activator-like effector nucleases (mitoTALENs). Such knockouts have been achieved by a genetic transformation of mitoTALENs encoding genes into the nuclear genome. Previous studies have shown that double-strand breaks (DSBs) induced by mitoTALENs are repaired by ectopic homologous recombination. As a result of DNA repair by homologous recombination, a portion of the genome containing the mitoTALEN target site is deleted. The deletion and repair process cause the mitochondrial genome to become more complex. Here, we describe a method for identifying the ectopic homologous recombination events that occur following the repair of double-strand breaks induced by mitoTALENs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMethods in Molecular Biology
PublisherHumana Press Inc.
Pages365-378
Number of pages14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume2615
ISSN (Print)1064-3745
ISSN (Electronic)1940-6029

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics

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