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Methylation-sensitive restriction endonuclease digestion patterns revealed in Vicia faba L. chromosomes by in situ
M J Olszewska1, D Gernand, T Sakowicz
1Department of Plant Cytology and Cytochemistry, University of Lodź, Poland.
Abstract:
Restriction endonucleases sensitive to cytosine methylation (HpaII, MspI and HhaI) and 5-azacitidine were used to study the localization of target sequences in Vicia faba metaphase chromosomes by in situ digestion and radioactive or non-radioactive nick-translation. In control experiments, neither isolated DNA nor chromosomes in situ were digested by HpaII and MspI. Pretreatment with demethylating agent, 5-azacitidine resulted both in increased effectiveness of in situ digestion and nick-translation. In 5-azacitidine-treated material, negative bands in M chromosomes appeared. HhaI cleaved isolated DNA, digested it in situ and gave positive signals as a result of nick-translation procedure in metaphase chromosomes. In S chromosomes containing heterochromatin without target sequences for HpaII and MspI, negative bands were shown after nick-translation. Such heterochromatin contains FokI sequences and in situ nick-translation driven by that restriction enzyme resulted in positive bands.
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