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8676921

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-8-15
pubmed:abstractText
We describe an apparent hotspot for spontaneous deletions and base substitution mutations at a TTC trinucleotide direct repeat/MboII restriction site in exon 5 of the Chinese hamster APRT gene, in a region with the potential to form a relatively stable, quasipalindromic, stem-loop structure. The recurrent 3 bp TTC deletions observed at this site, which account for approx. 20% of the characterized spontaneous APRT deletions in hemizygous CHO cell lines, represent the only spontaneous deletion events that have been recovered more than once at this locus. A total of 11 independently derived, spontaneous CHO cell APRT mutants with identical 3 bp TTC deletions at this exon 5 MboII site, plus another five mutants that have single base substitutions at this site have been identified among spontaneous mutant collections in several different laboratories. Intriguingly, each of the frequently deleted or mutated bases at this exon 5 deletion hotspot site would correspond to one of the unpaired bases within a single-stranded 'loop' region of a stable, quasipalindromic, stem-loop structure that can be formed by intrastrand pairing of inverted repeats in this portion of the APRT gene sequence. An identical TTC trinucleotide direct repeat sequence at the same site in exon 5 of the human APRT gene also appears to be a hotspot for spontaneous deletion.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0027-5107
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
352
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
87-96
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of an apparent hotspot for spontaneous mutation in exon 5 of the Chinese hamster APRT gene.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Science Park-Research Division, Smithville 78957, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.