PMID: 6166385Jun 1, 1981Paper

Transcripts from both strands of a satellite DNA occur on lampbrush chromosome loops of the newt Notophthalmus

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M O DiazJ G Gall

Abstract

We have isolated genomic DNA clones from the newt Notophthalmus which contain one or more copies of a 222 bp tandemly repeated sequence (satellite 1). Satellite 1 occurs in the pericentromeric heterochromatin of all chromosomes and at the sphere loci of chromosomes 2 and 6. Lampbrush chromosome loops associated with the spheres contain transcripts of satellite 1, as shown by in situ hybridization. The matrix on these loops consists of multiple thin--thick transcription units, most but not all of which have the same polarity within a given loop. By in situ hybridization with single-stranded probes we show that transcription units of opposite morphological polarity contain transcripts of opposite strands of satellite 1. Satellite 1 occurs as the spacer between clusters of histone genes. We postulate that transcription initiates at a histone gene promoter, fails to terminate at the end of the gene and continues without interruption into the adjacent satellite DNA. In this way, long transcripts are produced which contain both histone and satellite 1 sequences. A general failure of termination signals might explain the unusually long transcripts of lampbrush chromosomes.

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