TY - JOUR
T1 - KpnI families of long, interspersed repetitive DNAs associated with the human β-globin gene cluster
AU - Shafit-Zagardo, Bridget
AU - Brown, Fred L.
AU - Maio, Joseph J.
AU - Adams, Jesse W.
N1 - Funding Information:
These studies were supported by National Institutes of Health Grant CA16790 (National Cancer Institute) and in part by grants GM19100 (Institute of General Medical Sciences) and Core Support for Cancer Research Center, grant number NIH NCIP30CA13330.
PY - 1982/12
Y1 - 1982/12
N2 - KpnI families of long, interspersed repetitive DNAs are ubiquitous repetitive elements that occur in tens of thousands of copies in primate genomes. KpnI 1.2, 1.5 and two different KpnI 1.8-kb families were found within and flanking a 6.4-kb repeat beginning at 3 kb, 3' from the human β-globin gene. Thus, six different types of KpnI families have now been identified, and four of these are found next to each other in a specific 6.4-kb repeat. Clones of the distinct KpnI families were hybridized to clones of the 6.4-kb repeat and adjacent sequences encompassed within some 17.6 kb of DNA lying 3' to the β-globin gene cluster. The four KpnI families appear to make up the entire length of the 6.4-kb repeat. The linear order of the various cloned KpnI sequences in the repeat is 5'-pBK(1.8)26-pBK.(1.5)54-pBK(1.2)11-pBK(1.8)11-3'. KpnI 1.2-kb sequences were also detected downstream from the 6.4-kb repeat. As in the case of the KpnI 1.2 and 1.5-kb families, the two KpnI 1.8-kb sequence families described here each hybridized with about 15% of all plaques in two independently generated human genome libraries.
AB - KpnI families of long, interspersed repetitive DNAs are ubiquitous repetitive elements that occur in tens of thousands of copies in primate genomes. KpnI 1.2, 1.5 and two different KpnI 1.8-kb families were found within and flanking a 6.4-kb repeat beginning at 3 kb, 3' from the human β-globin gene. Thus, six different types of KpnI families have now been identified, and four of these are found next to each other in a specific 6.4-kb repeat. Clones of the distinct KpnI families were hybridized to clones of the 6.4-kb repeat and adjacent sequences encompassed within some 17.6 kb of DNA lying 3' to the β-globin gene cluster. The four KpnI families appear to make up the entire length of the 6.4-kb repeat. The linear order of the various cloned KpnI sequences in the repeat is 5'-pBK(1.8)26-pBK.(1.5)54-pBK(1.2)11-pBK(1.8)11-3'. KpnI 1.2-kb sequences were also detected downstream from the 6.4-kb repeat. As in the case of the KpnI 1.2 and 1.5-kb families, the two KpnI 1.8-kb sequence families described here each hybridized with about 15% of all plaques in two independently generated human genome libraries.
KW - Human hemoglobin genes
KW - gene regulation
KW - recombinant DNA
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U2 - 10.1016/0378-1119(82)90208-6
DO - 10.1016/0378-1119(82)90208-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 6299899
AN - SCOPUS:0020372228
SN - 0378-1119
VL - 20
SP - 397
EP - 407
JO - Gene
JF - Gene
IS - 3
ER -