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Structural analysis and physical mapping of a pericentromeric region of chromosome 5 of Arabidopsis thaliana

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The Arabidopsis thaliana CIC YAC 2D2, 510 kb long and containing a small block of 180 bp satellite units was subcloned after EcoR1 digestion in the pBluescript plasmid. One of these clones was mapped genetically in the pericentromeric region of chromosome 5. The analysis of 40 subclones of this YAC showed that they all contain repeated sequences with a high proportion of transposable elements. Three new retrotransposons, two Ty-3 Gypsy-like and one Ty-1 Copia, were identified in addition to two new tandem-repeat families. A physical map of the chromosome 5 pericentromeric region was established using CIC YAC clones, spanning around 1000 kb. This contig extends from the CIC YAC 9F5 and 7A2 positioned on the left arm of chromosome 5 to a 5S rDNA genes block localized by in-situ hybridization in the pericentromeric region. Hybridization of the subclones on the CIC YAC library showed that some of them are restricted to the pericentromeric region o f chromosome 5 and represent specific markers of this region.

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Tutois, S., Cloix, C., Cuvillier, C. et al. Structural analysis and physical mapping of a pericentromeric region of chromosome 5 of Arabidopsis thaliana. Chromosome Res 7, 143–156 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009211603248

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