Tsubota S I, Rosenberg D, Szostak H, Rubin D, Schedl P
Department of Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109.
Genetics. 1989 Aug;122(4):881-90. doi: 10.1093/genetics/122.4.881.
We have cloned the B breakpoint in Drosophila melanogaster using DNA from a P-M-induced revertant of B, which has a P element inserted at the B breakpoint. The analysis of the B DNA reveals that there is a transposable element, B104, right at the breakpoint. This suggests that this element may have been involved in the generation of the B breakpoint and the associated tandem duplication. One possible mechanism to generate the B duplication is a recombination event between two B104 elements, one at 16A1 and the other at 16A7. DNA sequencing data of the junctions of the B104 element support this model. Four partial revertants of B are the result of insertions of transposable elements very close to the B breakpoint. This supports the hypothesis that the breakpoint is the cause of the B mutation. The clones from B were used to isolate wild-type clones from 16A1, the location of the Bar gene. Four rearrangement breakpoints associated with various Bar mutations map within a 37-kb region, suggesting that the Bar gene is very large.
我们利用来自P-M诱导的B回复体的DNA克隆了黑腹果蝇中的B断点,该回复体在B断点处插入了一个P因子。对B DNA的分析表明,在断点处正好有一个转座元件B104。这表明该元件可能参与了B断点及相关串联重复的产生。产生B重复的一种可能机制是两个B104元件之间的重组事件,一个在16A1,另一个在16A7。B104元件连接处的DNA测序数据支持这一模型。B的四个部分回复体是转座元件插入到非常接近B断点的位置的结果。这支持了断点是B突变原因的假说。来自B的克隆用于从Bar基因所在的16A1分离野生型克隆。与各种Bar突变相关的四个重排断点定位在一个37 kb的区域内,这表明Bar基因非常大。