doi: 10.1073/pnas.84.1.174.
Asymmetrical pairings of transposons in and proximal to the white locus of Drosophila account for four classes of regularly occurring exchange products
- PMID: 3025852
- PMCID: PMC304165
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.84.1.174
Item in Clipboard
Asymmetrical pairings of transposons in and proximal to the white locus of Drosophila account for four classes of regularly occurring exchange products
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.
1987 Jan.
Abstract
An explanation for the origins of four classes of regularly occurring duplication and deficiency chromosomes is provided through examination of their molecular structures. The duplications and deficiencies occur as the reciprocal products of crossing-over, following two different patterns of asymmetrical synapsis between transposons positioned in and proximal to the white locus of Drosophila melanogaster. Three copies of the retrovirus-like transposon roo are involved in the exchanges. Evidence suggests that transposon-mediated asymmetrical exchange is a general phenomenon in eukaryotes, which adds significantly to the effects of transposons in the restructuring of eukaryotic genomes.
Similar articles
-
Gross chromosome rearrangements mediated by transposable elements in Drosophila melanogaster.Bioessays. 1994 Apr;16(4):269-75. doi: 10.1002/bies.950160410. Bioessays. 1994. PMID: 8031304 Review.
-
Unequal crossing-over associated with asymmetrical synapsis between nomadic elements in the Drosophila melanogaster genome.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1983 Aug;80(16):5017-21. doi: 10.1073/pnas.80.16.5017. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1983. PMID: 16593354 Free PMC article.
-
Regulation of white locus expression: the structure of mutant alleles at the white locus of Drosophila melanogaster.Cell. 1982 Sep;30(2):529-41. doi: 10.1016/0092-8674(82)90250-1. Cell. 1982. PMID: 6291773
-
Molecular organization of the cut locus of Drosophila melanogaster.Cell. 1985 Oct;42(3):869-76. doi: 10.1016/0092-8674(85)90283-1. Cell. 1985. PMID: 2996782
-
[Current state of the genetics of the white locus in Drosophila melanogaster].Genetika. 1988 Apr;24(4):581-91. Genetika. 1988. PMID: 3135240 Review. Russian.
Cited by
-
Molecular and histological characterizations of the Om(2D) mutants in Drosophila ananassae.Mol Gen Genet. 1991 Jun;227(2):165-72. doi: 10.1007/BF00259667. Mol Gen Genet. 1991. PMID: 1648166
-
Intrachromosomal rearrangements mediated by hobo transposons in Drosophila melanogaster.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1988 Dec;85(23):9153-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.85.23.9153. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1988. PMID: 2848256 Free PMC article.
-
Genetic and cellular mechanisms in chromium and nickel carcinogenesis considering epidemiologic findings.Mol Cell Biochem. 2004 Jan;255(1-2):181-94. doi: 10.1023/b:mcbi.0000007274.25052.82. Mol Cell Biochem. 2004. PMID: 14971659 Review.
-
Molecular spectrum of spontaneous de novo mutations in male and female germline cells of Drosophila melanogaster.Genetics. 2009 Mar;181(3):1035-43. doi: 10.1534/genetics.108.093385. Epub 2008 Dec 29. Genetics. 2009. PMID: 19114461 Free PMC article.
-
A sex-influenced modifier in Drosophila that affects a broad spectrum of target loci including the histone repeats.Genetics. 1997 Jul;146(3):903-17. doi: 10.1093/genetics/146.3.903. Genetics. 1997. PMID: 9215896 Free PMC article.
References
MeSH terms
Substances
LinkOut - more resources
Full Text Sources
Other Literature Sources
Molecular Biology Databases
