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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
25
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-2-27
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Thousands of DNA deletion events occur during macronuclear development in the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila. In two deleted genomic regions, designated M and R, the eliminated sequences form circles that can be detected by PCR. However, the circles are not normal products of the reaction pathway. The circular forms occur at very low levels in conjugating cells, but are stable. Sequencing analysis showed that many of the circles (as many as 50% of those examined) reflected a precise deletion in the M and R regions. The remaining circles were either smaller or larger and contained varying lengths of sequences derived from the chromosomal DNA surrounding the eliminated region. The chromosomal junctions left behind after deletion were more precise, although deletions in either the M or R regions can generate any of several alternative junctions (1). Some new chromosomal junctions were detected in the present study. The results suggest that the deleted segment is released as a linear DNA species that is degraded rapidly. The species is only rarely converted to the stable circles we detect. The deletion mechanism is different from those proposed for deletion events in hypotrichous ciliates (2-4), and does not reflect a conservative site-specific recombination process such as that promoted by the bacteriophage lambda integrase (5).
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0305-1048
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5695-701
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
The fate of deleted DNA produced during programmed genomic deletion events in Tetrahymena thermophila.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article