Cloning and characterization of centromeric DNA from Neurospora crassa. |
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Authors: | M Centola and J Carbon |
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Institution: | Department of Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara 93106. |
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Abstract: | The centromere locus from linkage group VII of Neurospora crassa has been cloned, characterized, and physically mapped. The centromeric DNA is contained within a 450-kb region that is recombination deficient, A+T-rich, and contains repetitive sequences. Repetitive sequences from within this region hybridize to a family of repeats located at or near centromeres in all seven linkage groups of N. crassa. Genomic Southern blots and sequence analysis of these repeats revealed a unique centromere structure containing a divergent family of centromere-specific repeats. The predominantly transitional differences between copies of the centromere-specific sequence repeats and their high A+T content suggest that their divergence was mediated by repeat-induced point (RIP) mutations. |
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