Homologous Recombination between Episomal Plasmids and Chromosomes in Yeast

AUTOR(ES)

Falco, S. Carl

RESUMO

We have observed genetic recombination between ura3 - mutations (among them extensive deletions) carried on "episomal" (i.e., 2µ DNA-containing) plasmids and other ura3 - alleles present at the normal chromosomal URA3 locus. The recombination frequency found was comparable to the level observed for classical mitotic recombination but was relatively insensitive to sunlamp radiation, which strongly stimulates mitotic recombination. Three equally frequent classes could be distinguished among the recombinants. Two of these are the apparent result of gene conversions (or double crossovers) which leave the URA3+ allele on the chromosome (class I) or on the plasmid (class II). The third class is apparently due to a single crossover that results in the integration of the plasmid into a chromosome. Plasmid-chromosome recombination can be useful in fine structure genetic mapping, since recombination between a chromosomal point mutation and a plasmid-borne deletion mutation only 25 base pairs distant was easily detected.

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