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Table 2 Probes used in the RFLP analysis to analyse different mitochondrially-encoded genes

From: An unedited 1.1 kb mitochondrial orfB gene transcript in the Wild Abortive Cytoplasmic Male Sterility (WA-CMS) system of Oryza sativa L. subsp. indica

Gene probe

Source

Fragment size

Description

atp9

Restorer rice line

263 bp

Complete coding region cloned as a BamHI-SacI fragment

atpA

Restorer rice line

720 bp

Partial coding region (lacking C-terminus) cloned as a PstI-BamHI fragment

atp6

Restorer rice line

876 bp

350 bp

Partial coding region (lacking C-terminus) cloned as a BamHI-BglII fragment.

Partial 3' UTR cloned as EcoRI-HindIII fragment.

orfB

Restorer rice line

468 bp

Complete coding region cloned as a BamHI-SacI fragment.

  1. These gene probes were amplified from the restorer rice line by PCR, then cloned and sequenced.