True reversion of a mutation in the chloroplast gene encoding the large subunit of ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase in Chlamydomonas

R J Spreitzer; M Rahire; J D Rochaix

doi:10.1007/BF00420316

True reversion of a mutation in the chloroplast gene encoding the large subunit of ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase in Chlamydomonas

Curr Genet. 1985 Mar;9(3):229-31. doi: 10.1007/BF00420316.

Authors

R J Spreitzer¹, M Rahire, J D Rochaix

Affiliation

¹ Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, 1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland.

PMID: 24173557
DOI: 10.1007/BF00420316

Abstract

The ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase-defective Chlamydomonas mutant, 10-6C, was the first mutant to be physically defined in chloroplast DNA. In this report, a photosynthesis-competent revertant of the 10-6C mutant has been found to result from true reversion within the chloroplast large-subunit gene. This result supports the original assignment of the 10-6C mutation within the large-subunit gene.