Characterization of cloned ribosomal DNA from Drosophila hydei.
AUTOR(ES)
Renkawitz-Pohl, R
RESUMO
The structure of ribosomal genes from the fly Drosophila hydei has been analyzed. EcoRI fragments, cloned in a plasmid vector, were mapped by restriction enzyme analysis. The lengths of the regions coding for 18S and 28S rRNA were defined by R-loop formation. From these data a physical map of the rRNA genes was constructed. There are two major types of rDNA units in D. hydei, one having a size of 11 kb and the other a size of 17 kb. The 17 kb unit results from an intervening sequence (ivs) of 6.0 kb, interrupting the beta-28S rRNA coding region. Some homology between th D. hydei ivs and D. melanogaster type 1 ivs has been described previously (1). However, the restriction sites within these ivs show considerable divergence. Whereas D. hydei rDNA D. melanogaster rDNA, the nontranscribed spacer has little, if any, sequence homology. Despite difference in sequence, D. hydei and D. melanogaster spacers show structural similarities in that both contain repeated sequence elements of similar size and location.
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