Isolation of a human genomic fragment, co-amplified with c-Ki-ras, that affects plasmid supercoiling in E. coli.

AUTOR(ES)

Heighway, J

RESUMO

Amplification of cellular proto-oncogenes has been implicated in the development of human malignancies. A library was constructed from genomic DNA extracted from a lung tumour, previously shown to carry an amplified c-Ki-ras 2 gene. Using a v-Ki-ras probe, a fragment with ras homology was isolated and shown to be amplified in the original tumour DNA to the same level as c-Ki-ras. Studies with human hamster hybrids demonstrated that it is normally located on human chromosome 12 (as is c-Ki-ras). The restriction map of the fragment is different from that of the known Ha, Ki or N-ras genes and its sequence shows evolutionary conservation, as demonstrated by hybridisation to the genomic DNA of several mammalian species. A pUC19 subclone (pK42), carrying a 1.3kb insert, shows supercoil heterogeneity in plasmid preparations, as does a second compatible plasmid introduced into the same bacterial host with pK42. It appears therefore that the subclone is encoding a product that affects DNA topoisomerase activity in E. coli.

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