Molecular and cytological analysis of a 5.5 Mb minichromosome

Mammalian artificial chromosomes (MACs) provide a new tool for the improvement of our knowledge of chromosome structure and function. Moreover, they constitute an alternative and potentially powerful tool for gene delivery both in cultured cells and for the production of transgenic animals. In the p...

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Published in:EMBO reports 2001-02, Vol.2 (2), p.102-107
Main Authors: Auriche, Cristina, Donini, Pierluigi, Ascenzioni, Fiorentina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Base Sequence
Centromere - genetics
Centromere - metabolism
CHO Cells
Chromatin - genetics
Chromatin - metabolism
Chromosomes
Chromosomes, Artificial, Human - genetics
Chromosomes, Artificial, Human - metabolism
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1 - genetics
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1 - metabolism
Cloning, Molecular
Cricetinae
DNA, Satellite - genetics
Fibers
Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
Humans
Hybrid Cells
Hybridization
In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Restriction Mapping
Scientific Reports
Telomere - genetics
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Summary:Mammalian artificial chromosomes (MACs) provide a new tool for the improvement of our knowledge of chromosome structure and function. Moreover, they constitute an alternative and potentially powerful tool for gene delivery both in cultured cells and for the production of transgenic animals. In the present work we describe the molecular structure of MC1, a human minichromosome derived from chromosome 1. By means of restriction and hybridization analysis, satellite‐PCR, in situ hybridization on highly extended chromatin fibres, and indirect immunofluorescence, we have established that: (i) MC1 has a size of 5.5 Mb; (ii) it consists of 1.1 Mb alphoid, 3.5 Mb Sat2 DNA, and telomeric and subtelomeric sequences at both ends; (iii) it contains an unusual region of interspersed Sat2 and alphoid DNAs at the junction of the alphoid and the Sat2 blocks; and (iv) the two alphoid blocks and the Sat2‐alphoid region bind centromeric proteins suggesting that they participate in the formation of a functional kinetochore.
ISSN:1469-221X
1469-3178
DOI:10.1093/embo-reports/kve018