PROOF OF INTRAGENIC RECOMBINATION IN PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM

被引:52
作者
KERR, PJ [1 ]
RANFORDCARTWRIGHT, LC [1 ]
WALLIKER, D [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV EDINBURGH,INST CELL ANIM & POPULAT BIOL,DIV BIOL SCI,EDINBURGH EH9 3JT,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
关键词
PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; INTRAGENIC RECOMBINATION; MSP-1; GENE;
D O I
10.1016/0166-6851(94)90151-1
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
Intragenic recombination in the merozoite surface protein MSP-1 of Plasmodium falciparum has been demonstrated in a cross between two cloned lines (3D7 and HB3) of this species. Following passage of a mixture of the clones through mosquitoes, uncloned progeny were examined by PCR for molecules containing sequences of both parent MSP-1-alleles. A recombinant molecule possessing both 3D7 and HB3 sequences has been obtained. Such molecules were not obtained from artificial mixtures of the blood forms of each clone. It is concluded that the novel allele was formed by a recombination event during meiosis of a hybrid 3D7/HB3 zygote.
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页数:8
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