A transpositionally and transcriptionally competent Alu subfamily.
AUTOR(ES)
Matera, A G
RESUMO
DNA base sequence comparisons indicate that a subfamily of recently transposed human Alu repeats are distinguished from most Alu repeats by diagnostic sequence differences. Using an oligonucleotide hybridization probe that incorporates these sequence features, we found that there was an expansion of this Alu subfamily following the divergence of humans and African apes. This oligonucleotide was used to select human genomic clones containing representatives of this subfamily. One representative member of this subfamily was evidently absent from the corresponding chimpanzee locus and was associated with a restriction fragment length polymorphism in the human genome. This apparently polymorphic member had all the diagnostic sequence features that initially predicted the existence of a newly expanding Alu subfamily. A transpositionally active sequence variant should also be transcriptionally active in at least some cell types or tissues. Northern (RNA) blot hybridization, primer extension, and RNA sequence analysis demonstrated the existence of different-length polyadenylated and nonpolyadenylated transcripts corresponding to this subfamily. Evidence for 3' processing and subcellular localization of these transcripts is discussed. Most of the nearly one million human Alu repeats are pseudogenes with respect to coding for either an RNA product or new family members; a select and identifiable subset of Alu repeats serve as transcriptionally and transpositionally competent source genes.
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