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ArticleNucleic acids research1997

Characterization of multigene families in the micronuclear genome of Paramecium tetraurelia reveals a germline specific sequence in an intron of a centrin gene.

L Vayssié, L Sperling, L Madeddu

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 1997. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

L VayssiéCentre de Génétique Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
L Sperling
L Madeddu
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRCentre de Génétique Moléculaire · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Paramecium, as in other ciliates, the transcriptionally active macronucleus is derived from the germline micronucleus by programmed DNA rearrangements, which include the precise excision of thousands of germline-specific sequences (internal eliminated sequences, IESs). We report the characterization of micronuclear versions of genes encoding Paramecium secretory granule proteins (trichocyst matrix proteins, TMPs) and Paramecium centrins. TMP and centrin multigene families, previously studied in the macronuclear genome, consist of genes that are co-expressed to provide mixtures of related polypeptides that co-assemble to form respectively the crystalline trichocyst matrix and the infraciliary lattice, a contractile cytoskeletal network. We present evidence that TMP and centrin genes identified in the macronucleus are also present in the micronucleus, ruling out the possibility that these novel multigene families are generated by somatic rearrangements during macronuclear development. No IESs were found in TMP genes, however, four IESs in or near germline centrin genes were characterized. The only intragenic IES is 75 bp in size, interrupts a 29 bp intron and is absent from at least one other closely related centrin gene. This is the first report of an IES in an intron in Paramecium.

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IntronsMultigene FamilyAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceDNA, ProtozoanGenome, ProtozoanMicronucleus, GermlineMolecular Sequence DataParamecium tetraureliaProtozoan ProteinsSequence Homology, Nucleic AcidDNA, ProtozoanICL1a protein, Paramecium tetraureliaICL1b protein, Paramecium tetraureliaICL1c protein, Paramecium tetraureliaProtozoan Proteins

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PMID9023115
PMCPMC146544
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