DISTINCT SINGLE-COPY SEQUENCE SETS IN SEA-URCHIN NUCLEAR RNAS

被引:13
作者
ERNST, SG [1 ]
BRITTEN, RJ [1 ]
DAVIDSON, EH [1 ]
机构
[1] CALTECH,CORONA DEL MAR,CA 92625
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10.1073/pnas.76.5.2209
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The purpose of this study was to determine whether nuclear RNAs (nRNA) of sea urchin embryos and adult tissues contain identical or partially distinct sets of single-copy sequence transcripts. A DNA tracer was prepared consisting mainly of sequences absent from gastrula nRNA; 3.6% of this tracer reacted with adult intestine nRNA but not with gastrula nRNA. The existence of a differentially transcribed DNA fraction was verified by its partial purification and rehybridization to intestine and gastrula nRNAs. About one-third of the genomic single-copy sequence is represented in both nRNAs, or about 2 x 10(8) nucleotides. The differentially transcribed portion of the single-copy genome identified in this work includes about 3.5 x 10(7) nucleotides.
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