LOCALIZATION OF A CIS-ACTING ELEMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY REGULATED AMPLIFICATION OF DROSOPHILA CHORION GENES
LOCALIZATION OF A CIS-ACTING ELEMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY REGULATED AMPLIFICATION OF DROSOPHILA CHORION GENES
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DOI:
10.1016/0092-8674(84)90525-7
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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影响因子:
64.5
通讯作者:
SPRADLING, AC
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作者:
DECICCO, DV;SPRADLING, AC
Late in oogenesis two clusters of Drosophila chorion genes and flanking DNA sequences undergo specific amplification in ovarian follicle cells. Lines were constructed using P-element-mediated transformation in which DNA segments derived from the chorion gene cluster at 66D on chromosome Ill had been inserted at new chromosomal locations. Only transposons that contained a specific 3.6 kb genomic segment derived from the cluster underwent amplification during oogenesis, which occurred with apparently normal tissue and temporal specificity. Adjacent nonchorion sequences also underwent amplification. However, the ability of a transposon to replicate differentially was subject to position effect. These studies provide evidence for the existence of a specific, &-acting element controlling chorlon gene amplification, which includes an origin for disproportionate DNA replication. Attempts to induce amplification with subfragments of the 3.6 kb segment were unsuccessful, suggesting that much of this fragment may be required for amplification.