The subtelomeric Y' repeat family in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: an experimental system for repeated sequence evolution.
Open Access
- 1 March 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Genetics
- Vol. 124 (3), 533-545
- https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/124.3.533
Abstract
The subtelomeric Y' repeated sequence families in two divergent strains of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae have been characterized in terms of copy number, location and restriction site differences. The strain YP1 has 26 to 30 Y's that fall into two previously described, long (6.7 kb) and short (5.2 kb), size classes. These Y's reside at 19 of the 32 chromosome ends and are concentrated in the higher molecular weight chromosomes. Five ends contain tandem arrays, each of which has only one size class of Y's. There is restriction site homogeneity among the Y's of YP1 even between size classes. The Y's of strain Y55 contrast sharply with the Y's of YP1 in terms of copy number, location and sequence differences. There are 14 to 16 Y's, both long and short, most of which are found at different chromosome ends than those of YP1. None of these are tandemly arrayed. Four to six of the Y's appear degenerate in that they have homology with a telomere distal end Y' probe but no homology with sequences at the telomere proximal end. The majority of the Y55 Y's have the same restriction sites as in YP1. Despite the conservation of restriction sites among Y's, a great deal of restriction fragment length heterogeneity between the strains is observed. The characterized Y' repeated sequence families provide an experimental system in which repeated sequence interactions and subsequent evolution can be studied.This publication has 45 references indexed in Scilit:
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