Homology maps of theDrosophilaα-tubulin gene family: one of the four genes is different | Zendy

Howard J. Baum | Zendy; Yehudah Livneh | Zendy; Pieter C. Wensink | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Homology maps of theDrosophilaα-tubulin gene family: one of the four genes is different

Author(s) -

Howard J. Baum,

Yehudah Livneh,

Pieter C. Wensink

Publication year - 1983

Publication title -

nucleic acids research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 9.008

H-Index - 537

eISSN - 1362-4954

pISSN - 0305-1048

DOI - 10.1093/nar/11.16.5569

Subject(s) - biology , homology (biology) , gene , genetics , intron , drosophila melanogaster , exon , microbiology and biotechnology

We describe the intron-exon structure of and the homology among the four alpha-tubulin genes of Drosophila melanogaster. Three of the genes share a highly conserved 1.3 kb sequence which corresponds to most of the RNA complementary portion of the genes. The fourth gene is different. Its 5' half has weak homology and its 3' half has moderate homology to the other three genes. The homology maps were first determined by electron microscopy of heteroduplexes between pairs of genes. Higher resolution maps were then obtained by gel analysis of heteroduplexes that had been digested with S1 nuclease.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research