Organization of the Micronuclear Genome of Oxytricha Nova
AUTOR(ES)
Jahn, C. L.
RESUMO
In the hypotrichous ciliated protozoan Oxytricha nova, approximately 95% of the micronuclear genome, including all of the repetitive DNA and most of the unique sequence DNA, is eliminated during the formation of the macronuclear genome. We have examined the interspersion patterns of repetitive and unique and eliminated and retained sequences in the micronuclear genome by characterizing randomly selected clones of micronuclear DNA. Three major classes of clones have been defined: (1) those containing primarily unique, retained sequences; (2) those containing only unique, eliminated sequences; and (3) those containing only repetitive, eliminated sequences. Clones of type one and three document two aspects of organization observed previously: clustering of macronuclear destined sequences and the presence of a prevalent repetitive element. Clones of the second type demonstrate for the first time that eliminated unique sequence DNA occurs in long stretches uninterrupted by repetitive sequences. To further examine repetitive sequence interspersion, we characterized the repetitive sequence family that is present in 50% of the clones (class three above). A consensus map of this element was obtained by mapping approximately 80 phage clones and by hybridization to digests of micronuclear DNA. The repeat element is extremely large (approximately 24 kb) and is interspersed with both macronuclear destined sequences and eliminated unique sequences.
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