INVERTED REPEAT STRUCTURE OF THE SRY LOCUS IN MICE

被引:163
作者
GUBBAY, J
VIVIAN, N
ECONOMOU, A
JACKSON, D
GOODFELLOW, P
LOVELLBADGE, R
机构
[1] NATL INST MED RES,EUKARYOT MOLEC GENET LAB,MILL HILL,LONDON NW7 1AA,ENGLAND
[2] IMPERIAL CANC RES FUND,HUMAN MOLEC GENET LAB,LONDON WC2A 3PX,ENGLAND
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
关键词
TESTIS DETERMINATION; TDY(M1); DELETION; Y-CHROMOSOME;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.89.17.7953
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The testis-determining gene Sry is located on the short arm of the mouse Y chromosome in a region known to have undergone duplications and rearrangements in comparison with the equivalent portion of the human Y chromosome. Detailed analysis of the Sry genomic locus reveals a further difference in that the mouse Sry open reading frame lies within 2.8 kilobases of unique sequence at the center of a large inverted repeat. This repeat, which is found in both Mus musculus musculus and Mus musculus domesticus Y chromosomes, is not present at the human SRY locus. Recombination involving the repeat region may have led to an 11-kilobase deletion, precisely excising Sry in a line of XY female mice.
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页码:7953 / 7957
页数:5
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