HIGH-FREQUENCY OF MUTAGEN-INDUCED CHROMATID EXCHANGES AT INTERSTITIAL TELOMERE-LIKE DNA-SEQUENCE BLOCKS OF CHINESE-HAMSTER CELLS

被引:39
作者
FERNANDEZ, JL
GOSALVEZ, J
GOYANES, V
机构
[1] HOSP TERESA HERRERA,UNIDAD GENET,E-15006 LA CORUNA,SPAIN
[2] UNIV AUTONOMA MADRID,DEPT BIOL,UNIDAD GENET,E-28049 MADRID,SPAIN
关键词
CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FISH; IONIZING RADIATION; MITOMYCIN C; TELOMERE SEQUENCES; TENIPOSIDE (VM-26);
D O I
10.1007/BF00713065
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Interstitial telomere-like DNA sequence arrays of Chinese hamster Don cells were delineated by fluorescence in situ hybridization in quadriradial and triradial chromosome configurations induced by X-rays, mitomycin C and teniposide (VM-26). Around 40% of the scored exchanges involved a telomeric-like block of sequences at a rearrangement site. This frequency was independent of the DNA-damaging agent, and the result suggests a general recombinogenic capacity of interstitial telomere-like DNA sequence repeats that, at least in the case of the agents employed, seems not to be related to the initial mechanism of DNA damage.
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页码:281 / 284
页数:4
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