A 40-KILOBASE SUBTELOMERIC REGION IS COMMON TO MOST PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM 3D7 CHROMOSOMES

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作者
SCOTTI, R [1 ]
PACE, T [1 ]
PONZI, M [1 ]
机构
[1] IST SUPER SANITA,BIOL CELLULARE LAB,VIALE REGINA ELENA 299,I-00161 ROME,ITALY
关键词
PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; SUBTELOMERIC REGION;
D O I
10.1016/0166-6851(93)90084-B
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
Starting from previous evidence indicating that some features are shared by several Plasmodium falciparum chromosomal extremities, a subtelomeric region present on most P. falciparum 3D7 chromosomes has been mapped. It was shown to occupy about 40 kb, and to include the proximal portion of pPftel. 1, the only telomeric clone described for P. falciparum [12], the complete 21-bp repetitive cluster and some conserved sites (PstI, EcoRI) proximally located with respect to this cluster.
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