A YAC CONTIG MAP OF PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM CHROMOSOME-4 - CHARACTERIZATION OF A DNA AMPLIFICATION BETWEEN 2 RECENTLY SEPARATED ISOLATES

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作者
RUBIO, JP
TRIGLIA, T
KEMP, DJ
DEBRUIN, D
RAVETCH, JV
COWMAN, AF
机构
[1] WALTER & ELIZA HALL INST MED RES,MELBOURNE,VIC 3050,AUSTRALIA
[2] MENZIES SCH HLTH RES,DARWIN,NT,AUSTRALIA
[3] MEM SLOAN KETTERING CANC CTR,NEW YORK,NY 10021
基金
英国医学研究理事会; 英国惠康基金;
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D O I
10.1016/0888-7543(95)80200-6
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
We have generated a physical map of Plasmodium falciparum chromosome 4 using yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs). The map is defined by a YAC contig spanning approximately 1.05 Mb, which has been restriction mapped to a resolution of 30 kb and is punctuated by 22 sequence tagged sites. The physical information obtained has enabled us to compare and contrast the structure of chromosome 4 in detail between FCR3 and B8, two recently separated isolates of P. falciparum, leading to characterization of a novel chromosome polymorphism occurring in a subtelomeric region. Comparison of chromosomes 4 from 10 different isolates has shown that chromosome size polymorphisms are restricted to both subtelomeric regions. These analyses provide a high-resolution physical map that will be important to complement genetic analysis of this human pathogen. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.
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页码:192 / 198
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