Abstract
The genomic organization and chromosomal location of theβ-tubulin isogenes inLeishmania donovani promastigotes has been studied by nucleic acid hybridization techniques using a cloned β-tubulin gene. We have cloned aβ-tubulin gene fragment, 3.3 kbp long, from genomic DNA ofLeishmania donovani using a heterologousβ-tubulin DNA as probe. Restriction maps of this clone have been prepared. It has been estimated that there are approximately 11–15 copies of theβ-tubulin genes per haploid genome. The majority of these isogenes are arranged in a tandem repeat with a length of 3.5 kbp on a single chromosome. In addition a few dispersed gene copies at different chromosomal loci were detected by pulse field gradient gel electrophoresis. Part of the internal coding region of the gene has been sequenced to confirm the identity of theβ-tubulin clone and is found to be nearly identical to that ofLeishmania mexicana amazonensis.
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Abbreviations
- PBS:
-
Phosphate buffer saline
- SDS:
-
sodium dodecyl sulphate
- PFGE:
-
pulsed field gradient gel electrophoresis
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Das, S., Adhya, S. Organization and chromosomal localization ofβ-tubulin genes inLeishmania donovani . J Biosci 15, 239–248 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02702665
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