Ernst S G, Britten R J, Davidson E H
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1979 May;76(5):2209-12. doi: 10.1073/pnas.76.5.2209.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether nuclear RNAs (nRNA) of sea urchin embryos and adult tissues contain identical or partially distinct sets of single-copy sequence transcripts. A DNA tracer was prepared consisting mainly of sequences absent from gastrula nRNA; 3.6% of this tracer reacted with adult intestine nRNA but not with gastrula nRNA. The existence of a differentially transcribed DNA fraction was verified by its partial purification and rehybridization to intestine and gastrula nRNAs. About one-third of the genomic single-copy sequence is represented in both nRNAs, or about 2 x 10(8) nucleotides. The differentially transcribed portion of the single-copy genome identified in this work includes about 3.5 x 10(7) nucleotides.
本研究的目的是确定海胆胚胎和成年组织的核RNA(nRNA)是否包含相同或部分不同的单拷贝序列转录本集合。制备了一种DNA示踪剂,其主要由原肠胚nRNA中不存在的序列组成;该示踪剂的3.6%与成年肠nRNA反应,但不与原肠胚nRNA反应。通过对其进行部分纯化并与肠和原肠胚nRNA重新杂交,证实了存在差异转录的DNA部分。基因组单拷贝序列的约三分之一存在于两种nRNA中,即约2×10⁸个核苷酸。在本研究中鉴定出的单拷贝基因组的差异转录部分约为3.5×10⁷个核苷酸。