Sequence of the cryptic satellite DNA from the plant Sinapis alba |
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Authors: | I Capesius |
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Institution: | Institute of Botany, University of Heidelberg, 6900 Heidelberg 1 F.R.G. |
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Abstract: | A satellite DNA with a buoyant density equal to that of main band DNA in neutral cesium chloride (‘cryptic satellite’) can be isolated from the DNA of mustard (Sinapis alba) nuclei by Ag+/Cs2SO4 density gradient centrifugation. This satellite is cleaved into 172 bp repeat units by HinfI, AluI or HaeIII. The HinfI fragments have been further cleaved by AluI, and seven AluI subfragments have been sequenced. As a result two versions of a basic 172 HinfI repeat have been found, one (A + B) with an additional HinfI site. These two sequences (A + B and C) are the most frequent versions of the basic repeat of mustard satellite DNA. The basic 172 bp unit does not contain subrepeats or palindromic sequences. It is not similar (at a criterion of 15 common bases) with any known satellite sequence. It is not unusually highly methylated in the native state. |
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Keywords: | Nucleotide sequence Cryptic satellite satellite DNA Plant (Sinapis alba) SSC 0 15 M NaCl/0 015 M trisodium citrate (pH 7 0) |
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