CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A COMPLEX SATELLITE DNA FROM DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER
CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A COMPLEX SATELLITE DNA FROM DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER
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DOI:
10.1016/0092-8674(77)90054-x
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
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影响因子:
64.5
通讯作者:
BRUTLAG, D
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作者:
CARLSON, M;BRUTLAG, D
The sequence organization of the 1.688 satellite DNA (density 1.688 g/cm3 in CsCl) were investigated, and this satellite differed from the other D. melanogaster satellite DNA in having a much greater sequence complexity. Purification of 1.688 satellite DNA by successive equilibrium density centrifugations yielded a fraction 77% pure. Segments of satellite DNA were isolated by molecular cloning in the plasmid vector pSC101. One recombinant plasmid contained a segment of 1.688 satellite DNA 5.8 kilobase pairs in size and was stable during propagation in Escherichia coli. Recognition sites for restriction enzymes from Haemophilus aegyptius (Hae III), H. influenzae f (Hinf) and Arthrobacter luteus (Alu I) were mapped in the satellite DNA of this hybrid plasmid. The spacing of Hae III, Hinf and 2 Alu I sites at regular intervals of about 365 base pairs is strong evidence that the sequence complexity of this satellite DNA is 365 base pairs. Further evidence comes from the finding that both gradient-purified and cloned 1.688 satellite DNA renature with their Hae II sites in register. The Hae III and Hinf sites in gradient-purified satellite DNA were shown by others to be distributed at intervals of 365 base pairs and integral multiples thereof. Some of the sites in an otherwise regular array were randomly inactivated. Cloned satellite DNA provided a hybridization probe for sensitive studies of the arrangement of these recognition sites in gradient-purified satellite DNA. Some regions of satellite DNA contained many fewer recognition sites than expected from the proposed models. Different regions of 1.688 satellite DNA may exhibit different arrangements of Hae III and Hinf recognition sites.