[Long terminal repeats of retroposons in Candida albicans]
1State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institute for Biological Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai 200031, China.
Abstract:
25 Candida albicans strains have been analysed on Southern hybridization patterns with alpha, beta, gamma, kappa probes. The alpha, beta, gamma, kappa, elements can be used to distinguish the differences and relations between C. albicans strains. Chromosomal localization analysis indicated that the alpha, beta, gamma, kappa, elements were located on several different chromosomes in Candida albicans strains. Northern hybridization showed that alpha, beta, gamma were transcribed actively and regulated by different stimuli. The kappa was inactive. Our results indicated that in Candida albicans there were many kinds of retroposons whose numbers and distribution were different. These retroposons could be used to identify Candida albicans strains as moleculer markers.
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