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Excisión en masa coordinada desde el punto de vista del desarrollo de un elemento altamente repetitivo en E. crassus
C L Jahn1, M F Krikau, S Shyman
1Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago 60680.
Cell
|December 22, 1989
Resumen
El elemento Tec1 en E. crassus es abundante en el genoma micronuclear pero ausente en el genoma macronuclear. Se extirpa temprano durante el desarrollo macronuclear, formando círculos extracromosómicos.
Área de la Ciencia:
- * Biología molecular.
- * La genética.
- * Biología celular.
Sus antecedentes:
- * El elemento Tec1 de E. crassus es una secuencia repetitiva de ADN.
- * Está presente en un alto número de copias en el genoma micronuclear.
- * Tec1 está notablemente ausente en el genoma macronuclear.
Objetivo del estudio:
- * Investigar el comportamiento y el destino del elemento E. crassus Tec1 durante el desarrollo macronuclear.
- * Para caracterizar los mecanismos moleculares subyacentes a la escisión Tec1 y su localización genómica.
Principales métodos:
- * Mapeo de restricción de las formas circulares e integradas extracromosómicas de Tec1.1.
- * Análisis de secuencias de Tec1 termini y formas circulares de ADN.
- * Análisis del comportamiento del elemento Tec1 durante la formación del genoma macronuclear.
Principales resultados:
- * Los elementos tec1 forman predominantemente círculos extracromosómicos durante el desarrollo macronuclear.
- * Las formas circulares de Tec1 muestran resistencia a la nucleasa BAL31, lo que indica una escisión en los terminales de repetición invertida.
- * El análisis de secuencias confirmó repeticiones invertidas de cabeza a cabeza en Tec1 circular, con escisión que ocurre temprano en el desarrollo macronuclear.
Conclusiones:
- * El elemento E. crassus Tec1 se somete a una exacta extirpación del genoma durante el desarrollo macronuclear.
- * La escisión se produce al principio del proceso, coincidiendo con la replicación del ADN y la formación de politenos.
- * Esta eliminación programada del ADN asegura la ausencia de Tec1 en el genoma somático macronuclear.
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