Tubulin genes are tandemly linked and clustered in the genome of trypanosoma brucei
- PMID: 6825172
- DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(83)90494-4
Tubulin genes are tandemly linked and clustered in the genome of trypanosoma brucei
Abstract
We have isolated cDNA and genomic clones containing alpha- and beta-tubulin genes from Trypanosoma brucei. Each clone has been mapped, and the identity of the tubulin genes has been established by cross-hybridization with cloned chicken tubulin genes and by hybridization-selection and translation of trypanosome tubulin mRNA. In contrast with the dispersed organization of tubulin genes in other organisms, trypanosome alpha- and beta-tubulin genes are physically linked and clustered in tandem repeats of approximately 13-17 copies per haploid genome of alternating alpha- and beta-tubulin sequences.
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