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Sequence analysis of Vicia faba highly repeated DNA: the BamHI repeated sequence families

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Cleavage of Vicia faba nuclear DNA with the restriction endonuclease BamHI yielded discrete size classes of 250, 850, 900, 990, 1 150, 1 500 and 1 750 bp of highly repetitive DNA. Each of these sequence families comprised about 3% of the total genomic DNA. Some sequence members from each sequence family were cloned in pBR322 and their primary structures determined. Computer analyses of nucleotide sequences suggested the existence of about 60 bp sequence periodicity within the repeating unit of the 990 bp sequence family, though the extent of homology among the surmised shorter subrepeat units was very low. With other BamHI sequence families, however, the data did not show any clear internal sequence periodicity. The repeat units of the 850 bp and 1 750 bp sequence families contained nucleotide sequences homologous to the 250 bp family sequence. No sequence relationship between or among other sequence families was observed. There was 13–25% sequence variation among 6 cloned members of the 250 bp family and probably also among those of other BamHI repeat families. DNA sequences homologous to these V. faba BamHI repeat families were detected in Pisum sativum DNA by Southern blot hybridization. Furthermore, very weak cross-hybridization was observed with plant DNAs from Phaseolus vulgaris, Triticum aestivum, Cucumis sativus and Trillium kamtschaticum.

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  1. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, 060, Sapporo, Japan

    Atsushi Kato & Shigeyuki Tanifuji

  2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, 060, Sapporo, Japan

    Yoichi Iida

  3. Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Kanazawa University, 920, Kanazawa, Japan

    Kimitaka Yakura

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Kato, A., Iida, Y., Yakura, K. et al. Sequence analysis of Vicia faba highly repeated DNA: the BamHI repeated sequence families. Plant Mol Biol 5, 41–53 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00017872

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Keywords

  • BamHI fragments
  • DNA cloning
  • Highly repeated sequences
  • Nucleotide sequence
  • Vicia faba