Site-specific carcinogen binding to DNA in polytene chromosomes.

AUTOR(ES)

Kurth, P D

RESUMO

Treatment of Chironomus polytene chromosomes with the ultimate carcinogen benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide I or in vivo administration of the parent hydrocarbon to larvae indicates that the carcinogen interacts with the genome in a nonrandom manner. Visualization of the carcinogen-DNA binding sites by immunofluorescence reveals that, in vivo, some sites are preferentially modified. The combined effects of DNA sequence, chromatin structure, and gene localization may lead to selective targeting of carcinogens to specific genomic regions. In polytene chromosomes the targeting effect is amplified, thereby making these chromosomes a uniquely suitable system for visualizing and studying site-specific interactions of carcinogens with the genome.

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