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Use of Alu Element Containing Minigenes to Analyze Circular RNAs
Published on: March 10, 2020
El ARN 7SL humano consiste en una secuencia repetitiva media de 140 nucleótidos insertada en una secuencia alu
Cell
|May 1, 1982
Resumen
Los investigadores clonaron y secuenciaron ARN 7SL de células HeLa, revelando una estructura compuesta con un bloque central homólogo a las secuencias repetitivas medias humanas dentro de una secuencia de consenso Alu. Este hallazgo sugiere que el ADN 7SL es un subconjunto conservado de la familia Alu.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Genética La genética.
- Investigación del genoma humano Investigación del genoma humano.
Sus antecedentes:
- El ARN 7SL es un componente de la partícula de reconocimiento de señales (SRP).
- La estructura y el origen evolutivo de los elementos repetitivos del ADN son de gran interés.
- Las células HeLa son una línea celular humana ampliamente utilizada en la investigación biológica.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para clonar y secuenciar una copia de ADNc de ARN 7SL poliadenilado in vitro de las células HeLa.
- Aclarar la organización estructural y los posibles orígenes del gen del ARN 7SL.
- Para investigar la relación entre el ARN 7SL y las secuencias repetitivas de ADN humano.
Principales métodos:
- clonación de ADNc y secuenciación de ARN 7SL.
- Análisis de secuencias para identificar regiones homólogas y elementos estructurales.
- Análisis comparativo de múltiples clones para evaluar la heterogeneidad de la secuencia.
Principales resultados:
- Un fragmento de cDNA de 303 bp de ARN 7SL fue clonado y secuenciado.
- El fragmento exhibe una estructura compuesta, con un bloque central de 140 bp homólogo a una nueva secuencia humana de repetición media.
- Este bloque central se inserta dentro de una secuencia de consenso Alu, flanqueada por 6 bp repeticiones directas.
- Se observó microheterogeneidad de secuencia en la porción 5' de la molécula de ARN 7SL en diferentes clones.
Conclusiones:
- El ADN 7SL probablemente representa un subconjunto altamente conservado de la familia de ADN Alu.
- La estructura compuesta sugiere una historia evolutiva única que involucra eventos de inserción dentro de los elementos Alu.
- Comprender la estructura del ARN 7SL proporciona información sobre la regulación genética y la evolución del genoma.
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