Genetics, Vol 136, 1001-1011, Copyright © 1994

INVESTIGATIONS

P Element-Mediated in Vivo Deletion Analysis of white-apricot: Deletions Between Direct Repeats Are Strongly Favored

M. Kurkulos, J. M. Weinberg, D. Roy and S. M. Mount
Present address: Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218.

We have isolated and characterized deletions arising within a P transposon, P[hsw(a)], in the presence of P transposase. P[hsw(a)] carries white-apricot (w(a)) sequences, including a complete copia element, under the control of an hsp70 promoter, and resembles the original w(a) allele in eye color phenotype. In the presence of P transposase, P[hsw(a)] shows a high overall rate (approximately 3%) of germline mutations that result in increased eye pigmentation. Of 234 derivatives of P[hsw(a)] with greatly increased eye pigmentation, at least 205 carried deletions within copia. Of these, 201 were precise deletions between the directly repeated 276-nucleotide copia long terminal repeats (LTRs), and four were unique deletions. High rates of transposase-induced precise deletion were observed within another P transposon carrying unrelated 599 nucleotide repeats (yeast 2{mu} FLP; recombinase target sites) separated by 5.7 kb. Our observation that P element-mediated deletion formation occurs preferentially between direct repeats suggests general methods for controlling deletion formation.

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