Satz M L, Singer D S
Mol Cell Biol. 1983 Nov;3(11):2006-16. doi: 10.1128/mcb.3.11.2006-2016.1983.
The expression of a porcine genomic DNA segment containing a major histocompatibility gene and its chromatin structure in mouse L cells have been investigated. The transformed cells, which contain about two copies of the 17.8-kilobase pig DNA insert per haploid genome, stably and uniformly express major histocompatibility antigen on their surfaces. This expression is the result of differential transcription of the 3-kilobase major histocompatibility gene; the other 14 kilobases of pig sequences flanking the coding sequence are not transcribed. Although the entire pig DNA segment is packaged into nucleosomes, only the transcriptionally active DNA sequences are packaged in a DNase I-sensitive conformation. These results suggest that the expression of this foreign DNA is actively regulated in L cells.
对含有主要组织相容性基因的猪基因组DNA片段及其在小鼠L细胞中的染色质结构进行了研究。转化细胞每个单倍体基因组含有约两个拷贝的17.8千碱基猪DNA插入片段,在其表面稳定且均匀地表达主要组织相容性抗原。这种表达是3千碱基主要组织相容性基因差异转录的结果;编码序列两侧的另外14千碱基猪序列不转录。尽管整个猪DNA片段被包装成核小体,但只有转录活性的DNA序列以对DNase I敏感的构象包装。这些结果表明,这种外源DNA的表达在L细胞中受到积极调控。