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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-4-20
pubmed:abstractText
Hen oviduct nuclei were subjected to pancreatic DNase I treatment under conditions known to preferentially degrade transcriptionally active genes (Weintraub, H., and Groudine, M. (1976) Science (Wash. D. C.) 93, 848-856). The ovalbumin gene, its structurally related genes, X and Y, and the spacer and flanking DNA were all found to exist in a DNase I-sensitive configuration. The DNase I-sensitive region was extended more than 20 kilobases beyond the 5' end of the X gene and approximately an equal distance beyond the 3' end of the ovalbumin gene before it became DNase I-resistant. The transition from a DNase I-sensitive to a -resistant conformation in oviduct chromatin occurred in a gradient fashion with 10 kilobases of DNA. Thus, ovalbumin and its related genes, X and Y, exist in a 100-kilobase DNase-sensitive domain in the oviduct tissue. In contrast, the entire domain was resistant to DNase I in spleen, liver, and erythrocyte nuclei. When the transcription of ovalbumin, X, and Y genes was eliminated by the withdrawal of hormone from estrogen-stimulated chicks, the entire domain remained in a DNase I-sensitive configuration. We conclude that DNase I-sensitive domains may provide the structural capability for gene expression and appear to be a result of the differentiation process since they are cell-specific and contain potentially expressible genes of that cell type. Repetitive sequences within this domain have been mapped and the possible relationship of these repetitive sequences to the DNase I-sensitive structure is discussed.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
257
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1501-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Definition of 5' and 3' structural boundaries of the chromatin domain containing the ovalbumin multigene family.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.