Specific association of repetitive DNA sequences with major histocompatibility genes.
AUTOR(ES)
Singer, D S
RESUMO
The DNA sequence organization of a 17.8-kilobase segment of porcine DNA, containing a functional major histocompatibility (MHC) gene, has been studied. The DNA flanking the MHC gene contains at least 10 distinct repetitive DNA sequence elements, each of which occurs only once within the 17.8-kilobase DNA segment. Their reiteration frequencies in the genome range from 10(2) to 10(4). The genomic organization of seven of these sequence elements has been examined; all are interspersed with other, unrelated DNA sequences. These seven repeated sequences are not generally associated in the genome. However, they appear to be nonrandomly linked in MHC-associated regions of the genome: at least two additional DNA segments containing MHC-homologous DNA also contain sequences homologous to DNA fragments bearing the seven different repeats. Of the seven sequences, four can be detected in splenic total RNA. These results suggest that these repeated elements are specifically associated with the MHC locus.
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http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=368613Documentos Relacionados
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