DNA rearrangements and antigenic variation in Trypanosoma equiperdum: expression-independent DNA rearrangements in the basic copy of a variant surface glycoprotein gene.
AUTOR(ES)
Longacre, S
RESUMO
Antigenic variation in Trypanosoma equiperdum is associated with the sequential expression of variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) genes in a process which involves gene duplication and transposition events. In this paper we present evidence that the genomic environment of the VSG-1 basic copy gene, the template for duplicated, expression-linked VSG-1 genes, differs in every trypanosome clone examined. This variation is thus independent of the expression of the VSG-1 gene, and it also appears to be restricted to the 3' genomic environment. It is also demonstrated that the DNA located 3' to the VSG-1 basic copy gene is moderately sensitive to digestion when the nuclei of either expressor or non-expressor trypanosomes are treated with DNase I.
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