Conserved organization of an avian histone gene cluster with inverted duplications of H3 and H4 genes |
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Authors: | R. Tönjes K. Munk D. Doenecke |
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Affiliation: | (1) Physiologisch-Chemisches Institut, Philipps-Universität Marburg, D-3550 Marburg/Lahn, FRG;(2) Present address: Department of Cell Biology ITA, Fraunhofer-Institut, Nikolai-Fuchs-Straße, D-3000 Hannover 61, FRG;(3) Present address: Institut für Biochemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, D-3400 Göttingen, FRG |
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Abstract: | Summary The organization of histone gene clusters of the duckCairina moschata was studied in the DNA inserts of two recombinant phage that overlap and feature identical histone gene arrangements but differ in sequence details and in the extent of repetition of an AT-rich motif in one of the nontranscribed spacer regions. These few but substantial differences between otherwise nearly identical histone gene groups suggest that we have independently isolated alleles of the same site of the duck genome or that this gene arrangement occurs (with slight variations) more than once per haploid genome. Within the histone gene cluster described, H3 and H4 genes are duplicated (with inverted orientation), whereas one H1 gene is flanked by single H2A and H2B genes. The arrangement of duck histone genes described here is identical to a subsection of the chicken genome but differs from any other published histone gene cluster. |
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Keywords: | Core histones Histone genes Gene clusters Nucleotide sequences Cairina moschata Codon usage Comparison of chicken and duck histones |
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