NUMBER AND ORGANIZATION OF ACTIN-RELATED SEQUENCES IN THE MOUSE GENOME
NUMBER AND ORGANIZATION OF ACTIN-RELATED SEQUENCES IN THE MOUSE GENOME
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DOI:
10.1016/s0022-2836(83)80035-7
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
BUCKINGHAM, ME
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作者:
MINTY, AJ;ALONSO, S;BUCKINGHAM, ME
Recombinant plasmids containing c[complementary]DNA sequences complementary to the 2 mouse striated-muscle actin mRNA (pAF81, pAM91) and to a non-muscle actin mRNA (pAL41) were used to examine the number and organization of actin-related sequences in the mouse genome. A large number (< 20) of actin-related sequences are detected on Southern blots of restricted mouse DNA, the majority of which hybridize to both the 5'' and 3'' ends of the actin-coding sequence, even under conditions revealing only sequences > 80% homologous to the actin cDNA probes. More stringent washing of these blots indicates that the 2 striated muscle actins are each encoded by single genes, and that a non-muscle (.beta. or .gamma.) actin cDNA detects 1 homologous and 2 closely related sequences in mouse DNA. The segregation of the 2 striated-muscle actin genes in recombinant inbred mouse strains shows that these genes are not closely linked (> 1 centimorgan), and that the skeletal muscle actin gene is not linked to a non-muscle actin gene. Screening a bank of mouse genomic DNA, cloned in Charon 4A, indicates that the number of actin-related sequences in the mouse genome is much higher than 20. Five phages were isolated representing part of a sub-family of 20-50 similar but non-identical sequences, only weakly homologous to actin cDNA probes (probably a family of actin pseudogenes), which are the result of a recent amplification of a > 17 .times. 103 base region of mouse DNA.