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Abstract:
We have developed a method for the molecular cloning of DNA adjacent to chromosome ends (telomeres). A recombinant DNA clone obtained from the telomeres of the protozoan Trypanosoma brucei contains large stretches of the repeat (CCCTAA)n. This repeat is flanked by a larger subtelomeric repeat (29 bp in one case). These repeats account for the presence of large DNA stretches not cut by restriction enzymes downstream of telomeric VSG genes. All telomeres analyzed thus far (more than 30) grow by approximately 6 bp per trypanosomal division and contract by occasional large deletions. Our results suggest that growth is due mainly to addition of CCCTAA units.
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