IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF A YOUNG POLYMORPHIC ALU ELEMENT

被引:44
作者
ARCOT, SS
FONTIUS, JJ
DEININGER, PL
BATZER, MA
机构
[1] LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATL LAB,CTR HUMAN GENOME,BIOL & BIOTECHNOL RES PROGRAM,LIVERMORE,CA 94551
[2] LOUISIANA STATE UNIV,MED CTR,DEPT BIOCHEM & MOLEC BIOL,NEW ORLEANS,LA 70112
[3] ALTON OCHSNER MED FDN & OCHSNER CLIN,MOLEC GENET LAB,NEW ORLEANS,LA 70121
来源
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE STRUCTURE AND EXPRESSION | 1995年 / 1263卷 / 01期
关键词
REPETITIVE DNA; PRIMATE; PCR; SOMATIC CELL HYBRID;
D O I
10.1016/0167-4781(95)00080-Z
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A polymorphic Alu element belonging to a young subfamily of Alu repeats has been identified. Sequence analysis showed that this Alu element is flanked by perfect direct repeats and a 3' oligo(dA)-rich tail, The Alu element, designated A25, is deleted by 34 nucleotides at the 5' end and has a single CpG mutation compared to the human-specific consensus sequence. Using a PCR-based assay, we demonstrated that the A25 Alu repeat is localized to human chromosome 8 and is polymorphic in humans.
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页码:99 / 102
页数:4
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