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Ganguly A, Cabral F. New insights into mechanisms of resistance to microtubule inhibitors. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2011; 1816:164-71. [PMID: 21741453 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2011.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2011] [Revised: 06/21/2011] [Accepted: 06/22/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Mechanisms to explain tumor cell resistance to drugs that target the microtubule cytoskeleton have relied on the assumption that the drugs act either to suppress microtubule dynamics or to perturb the balance between assembled and nonassembled tubulin. Recently, however, it was found that these drugs also alter the stability of microtubule attachment to centrosomes, and do so at the same concentrations that are needed to inhibit cell division. Based on this new information, a new model is presented that explains resistance resulting from a variety of molecular changes that have been reported in the literature. The improved understanding of drug action and resistance has important implications for chemotherapy with these agents.
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- Anutosh Ganguly
- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Medical School, 6431 Fannin Street, houston, TX 77030, USA
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Jung YJ, Isaacs JS, Lee S, Trepel J, Neckers L. Microtubule disruption utilizes an NFkappa B-dependent pathway to stabilize HIF-1alpha protein. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:7445-52. [PMID: 12488445 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m209804200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1alpha levels are elevated in normoxic cells undergoing physiological processes involving large scale microtubule reorganization, such as embryonic development, wound healing, and tumor cell metastasis. Although alterations in microtubules affect numerous cellular responses, no data have yet implicated microtubule dynamics in HIF-1alpha regulation. To investigate the effect of microtubule change upon HIF-1alpha regulation, we treated cells with the microtubule-depolymerizing agents (MDAs) colchicine, vinblastine or nocodazole. We demonstrate that these agents are able to induce transcriptionally active HIF-1. MDA-mediated induction of HIF-1alpha required microtubule depolymerization, since HIF-1alpha levels were unchanged in cells treated with either the microtubule-stabilizing agent paclitaxel, or an inactive form of colchicine, or in colchicine-resistant cells. HIF-1 induction was dependent upon cellular transcription, as transcription inhibitors abrogated HIF-1alpha protein up-regulation. The ability of transcriptional inhibitors to interfere with HIF-1alpha accumulation was specific to the MDA-initiated pathway, as they were ineffective in preventing hypoxia-mediated HIF-1 induction, which occurs by a distinct post-translational pathway. Moreover, we provide evidence implicating a requirement for NFkappaB transcription in the HIF-1 induction mediated by MDAs. The ability of MDAs to induce HIF-1alpha is dependent upon activation of NFkappaB, since inhibition of NFkappaB either pharmacologically or by transfection of an NFkappaB super-repressor plasmid abrogated this induction. Collectively, these data support a model in which NFkappaB is a focal point for the convergence of MDA-mediated signaling events leading to HIF-1 induction, thus revealing a novel aspect of HIF-1alpha regulation and function.
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- Yun-Jin Jung
- Cell and Cancer Biology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
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Barlow SB, Gonzalez-Garay ML, Cabral F. Paclitaxel-dependent mutants have severely reduced microtubule assembly and reduced tubulin synthesis. J Cell Sci 2002; 115:3469-78. [PMID: 12154077 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.115.17.3469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A subset of mutant cell lines selected for resistance to the antitumor drug paclitaxel are unable to progress normally through mitosis unless the drug is present in the growth medium. Without paclitaxel the cells form defective spindles, undergo aberrant mitoses, fail to complete cell division and eventually die. Analysis of these drug-dependent cells revealed a low amount of microtubule polymer and less tubulin production than wild-type cells. Ribonuclease protection experiments indicated that the decreased tubulin protein was due to decreased tubulin mRNA. Enhancing microtubule assembly by treating the cells with paclitaxel, restored tubulin to levels comparable with those of paclitaxel-treated wild-type cells, which demonstrated that the drug-dependent cells do not have a permanent impairment in their capacity to synthesize tubulin. Paclitaxel-resistant (but not dependent) cells have a smaller reduction in microtubule polymer with little or no decrease in tubulin production, whereas colcemidresistant cells have increased microtubule assembly but also exhibit little or no change in tubulin production. Finally,a mutant cell line producing an unstable β-tubulin protein has normal growth as well as normal synthesis and polymerization of tubulin, despite an approximately 30% decrease in steady state tubulin content. These studies establish a lower limit of tubulin assembly needed for cell survival and indicate that tubulin assembly must fall below this point to trigger a significant decrease in tubulin synthesis.
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- Steven B Barlow
- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas 77225, USA
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Gonzalez-Garay ML, Chang L, Blade K, Menick DR, Cabral F. A beta-tubulin leucine cluster involved in microtubule assembly and paclitaxel resistance. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:23875-82. [PMID: 10446152 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.34.23875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Analysis of beta-tubulin alleles from nine paclitaxel-resistant Chinese hamster ovary cell lines revealed an unexpected cluster of mutations affecting Leu-215, Leu-217, and Leu-228. Six of the mutant alleles encode a His, Arg, or Phe substitution at Leu-215; another mutant allele has an Arg substitution at Leu-217; and the final two mutant alleles have substitutions of His or Phe at Leu-228. Using plasmids that allow tetracycline regulated expression, the L215H, L217R, and L228F mutations were introduced into a hemagglutinin antigen-tagged beta-tubulin cDNA and transfected into wild-type Chinese hamster ovary cells. In all three cases, low to moderate expression of the transfected mutant gene conferred paclitaxel resistance. Higher levels of expression caused disruption of microtubule assembly, cell cycle arrest at mitosis, and failure to proliferate. Consistent with reduced microtubule stability, cells expressing mutant hemagglutinin beta-tubulin had fewer acetylated microtubules than nonexpressing cells in the same population. These data, together with previous studies showing that the paclitaxel-resistant mutant cell lines have less stable microtubules, indicate that the leucine cluster represents an important structural motif for microtubule assembly.
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- M L Gonzalez-Garay
- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Linder S, Schliwa M, Kube-Granderath E. Expression of Reticulomyxa filosa tubulins in Pichia pastoris: regulation of tubulin pools. FEBS Lett 1997; 417:33-7. [PMID: 9395069 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(97)01250-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We expressed the alpha2- and beta2-tubulin isoforms of the giant freshwater amoeba Reticulomyxa filosa in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. Single expression lead to little or no detectable material. Coexpression of both tubulins, however, resulted in a significant increase of expressed proteins. At the same time, the detectable internal tubulins of the host yeast cell were downregulated. This finding indicates the functionality of the expressed amoeba tubulins. Further regulation phenomena were observed on the level of equilibrium between the two R. filosa tubulin isoforms and on the level of the total tubulin pool. The P. pastoris/R. filosa system therefore seems to be an accessible system for the simultaneous study of the various mechanisms involved in tubulin regulation.
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- S Linder
- Adolf-Butenandt-Institut für Zellbiologie, München, Germany.
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Haber M, Burkhart CA, Regl DL, Madafiglio J, Norris MD, Horwitz SB. Altered expression of M beta 2, the class II beta-tubulin isotype, in a murine J774.2 cell line with a high level of taxol resistance. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:31269-75. [PMID: 8537394 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.52.31269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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A series of taxol- and taxotere-resistant J774.2 cell lines has been characterized with respect to altered expression of beta-tubulin, the cellular target for these drugs. Vertebrates have six classes of beta-tubulin isotypes, each displaying a distinct pattern of expression. Although the functional significance of multiple beta-tubulins has not been fully defined, there is evidence that the individual isotypes contribute to differences in microtubule dynamics and drug binding. To determine if alterations in the expression of beta-tubulin isotypes play a role in taxol resistance, a PCR-based methodology was developed that permits highly specific amplification of each of the six known murine beta-tubulin isotypes. Two isotypes, M beta 5 and M beta 3, were expressed abundantly in the drug-sensitive parental J774.2 cells. Although expressed at an extremely low level in the parental cells, expression of the M beta 2 isotype was increased 21-fold (< 0.005) in the cell line most resistant to taxol. These findings suggest that a cell can alter its relative tubulin isotype composition in response to an external stress and specifically imply that altered expression of M beta 2, the class II beta-tubulin isotype, may contribute to the development of high resistance to taxol.
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- M Haber
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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Gonzalez-Garay ML, Cabral F. Overexpression of an epitope-tagged beta-tubulin in Chinese hamster ovary cells causes an increase in endogenous alpha-tubulin synthesis. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 1995; 31:259-72. [PMID: 7553913 DOI: 10.1002/cm.970310403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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A Chinese hamster beta-tubulin cDNA, engineered to express a 9 amino acid epitope from the influenza hemagglutinin antigen (HA), was transfected into Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. The recombinant protein (HA beta 1-tubulin) appeared to behave normally by the following criteria: immunofluorescence indicated that HA beta 1-tubulin incorporated into all classes of interphase and spindle microtubules as well as microtubule organizing centers. The sensitivity of the cells expressing HA beta 1-tubulin to Colcemid and taxol was unchanged. A 210 kD microtubule associated protein (MAP) remained associated with microtubules that incorporate HA beta 1-tubulin. The synthesis of both endogenous beta-tubulin and HA beta 1-tubulin was repressed by colchicine. The HA beta 1-tubulin incorporated into microtubules to the same extent as the endogenous beta-tubulin, and the overall extent of microtubule assembly in transfected cells was unchanged. Finally, transfected cells had normal growth rates and morphologies. When effects on endogenous tubulin production were measured, it was found that expression of the HA beta 1-tubulin reduced the synthesis of endogenous wild-type beta-tubulin but increased the synthesis of alpha-tubulin. At steady state, a small increase in total tubulin consistent with the increased synthesis of alpha-tubulin was found. The results indicate that expression of excess exogenous beta-tubulin perturbs the synthesis of endogenous alpha-tubulin in a manner that is not easily explained by current models of tubulin regulation. The changes in tubulin synthesis along with degradation of excess tubulin subunits may reflect mechanisms that exist to ensure coordinate levels of alpha- and beta-tubulin for assembly.
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- M L Gonzalez-Garay
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77225, USA
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Waldin TR, Ellis JR, Hussey PJ. Tubulin-isotype analysis of two grass species-resistant to dinitroaniline herbicides. PLANTA 1992; 188:258-64. [PMID: 24178263 DOI: 10.1007/bf00216822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/28/1992] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Trifluralin-resistant biotypes of Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. (goosegrass) and Setaria viridis (L.) Beauv. (green foxtail) exhibit cross-resistance to other dinitroaniline herbicides. Since microtubules are considered the primary target site for dinitroaniline herbicides we investigated whether the differential sensitivity of resistant and susceptible biotypes of these species results from modified tubulin polypeptides. One-dimensional and two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis combined with immunoblotting using well-characterised anti-tubulin monoclonal antibodies were used to display the family of tubulin isotypes in each species. Seedlings of E. indica exhibited four β-tubulin isotypes and one α-tubulin isotype, whereas those of S. viridis exhibited two β-tubulin and two α-tubulin isotypes. Comparison of the susceptible and resistant biotypes within each species revealed no differences in electrophoretic properties of the multiple tubulin isotypes. These results provide no evidence that resistance to dinitroaniline herbicides is associated with a modified tubulin polypeptide in these biotypes of E. indica or S. viridis.
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- T R Waldin
- Department of Biochemistry, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, Egham Hill, TW20 OEX, Egham, Surrey, UK
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Cabral F, Barlow SB. Resistance to antimitotic agents as genetic probes of microtubule structure and function. Pharmacol Ther 1991; 52:159-71. [PMID: 1818334 DOI: 10.1016/0163-7258(91)90006-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Much of our knowledge about microtubules has come from detailed morphological, biochemical, and cell biological studies. As more is learned about these organelles, questions regarding the in vivo regulation of their expression and function become increasingly important. Genetics provides an approach to address these more subtle questions in the living cell. Mammalian mutants with microtubule alterations have been isolated using selections for resistance to the cytotoxic effects of a number of antimitotic drugs. A subset of these mutants have clearly defined alterations in alpha- or in beta-tubulin, and these have been used to explore the mechanisms by which mammalian cells acquire resistance to this class of drugs. In addition, the mutants are providing valuable insights into how tubulin expression is regulated, into what factors determine the extent of microtubule assembly in living cells, into the domains of tubulin that are involved in assembly, and into the role of microtubules in essential cellular processes.
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- F Cabral
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77225
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Whitfield C, Jefferson L. Elevated mitochondrial RNA in a Chinese hamster mutant deficient in the mitochondrially encoded subunits of NADH dehydrogenase and cytochrome c oxidase. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)30592-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Burns RG, Surridge C. Analysis of beta-tubulin sequences reveals highly conserved, coordinated amino acid substitutions. Evidence that these 'hot spots' are directly involved in the conformational change required for dynamic instability. FEBS Lett 1990; 271:1-8. [PMID: 2226794 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(90)80359-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Vertebrate beta-tubulins have been classified into six classes on the basis of their C-terminal sequences [(1987) J. Cell Biol. 105, 1707-1720]. In particular, the sequences starting at residue 430 differ between isotypes of the same animal but are conserved between species. We extend this analysis and show that there are three 'hot spots', at residues 35, 55-57 and 124 which exhibit intra-species heterogeneity but inter-species conservation. There is a remarkable correlation between the identity of these residues and the C-terminal sequences, and suggests that the vertebrate beta-tubulins fall into three broad types. This correlation extends to those non-vertebrate organisms which have the Type 1 C-terminal sequence. We propose that these three 'hot spots' and the C-terminal peptide interact in the tertiary structure. We have also noted that the C-terminal peptide almost always contains a single phenylalanine or tyrosine residue, and that there is a strong correlation between this residue and the amino acids at positions 217/218, in both the vertebrate and non-vertebrate sequences. We propose that the C-terminal aromatic amino acid interacts with residues 217/218 in the tertiary structure. Analysis of conditions which stabilise microtubules and/or lower the steady state critical concentration strongly suggests that these two sets of coordinated amino acid substitutions are directly involved in effecting the conformational change associated with GTP hydrolysis which results in dynamic instability. We propose that there is an interaction between the highly acidic sequence between residue 430 and the aromatic amino acid (termed peptide A) and conserved basic amino acids located close to the 'hot spots'. We suggest that this interaction is altered in response to the assembly-dependent GTP hydrolysis, with the consequential increase in the subunit dissociation rate constant.
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- R G Burns
- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK
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May GS, Waring RB, Morris NR. Increasing tubC beta-tubulin synthesis by placing it under the control of a benA beta-tubulin upstream sequence causes a reduction in benA beta-tubulin level but has no effect on microtubule function. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 1990; 16:214-20. [PMID: 2194681 DOI: 10.1002/cm.970160308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We have constructed a chimeric beta-tubulin gene that places the structural gene for the tubC beta-tubulin of Aspergillus nidulans under the control of the benA beta-tubulin promoter. Introduction of either this chimeric gene or a second wild-type benA gene into a benomyl-resistant benA22 strain causes it to become benomyl sensitive, indicating that the introduced genes are functional. Analysis of the tubulin proteins synthesized in benA22 strains into which a second wild-type benA beta-tubulin gene was transformed showed that the total amount of beta-tubulin protein was the same as in the parental strain with a single benA gene. Thus the level of beta-tubulin must be regulated. This was also true of transformants carrying an extra copy of the chimeric beta-tubulin gene. The total amount of beta-tubulin was the same as in the parental strain. Two-dimensional gel analysis showed that the endogenous benA22 and the introduced chimeric tubC gene contributed equally to the total beta-tubulin pool. The fact that one-half of the benA beta-tubulin could be replaced by tubC beta-tubulin with no effect on the growth of the cells suggests that the benA and tubC beta-tubulins are functionally interchangeable.
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- G S May
- Department of Pharmacology, UMDNJ, R.W. Johnson Medical School, Piscataway
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Boggs BA, Minotti AM, Loeb LM, Cook R, Cabral F. Mutations affecting assembly of beta-tubulin localize to a region near the carboxyl terminus. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)68257-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Zacksenhaus E, Sheinin R. Identification of human gene complementing ts AlS9 mouse L-cell defect in DNA replication following DNA-mediated gene transfer. SOMATIC CELL AND MOLECULAR GENETICS 1988; 14:371-9. [PMID: 3399963 DOI: 10.1007/bf01534645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The temperature-sensitive (ts) mouse L-cell, ts AlS9, is defective in a gene required for nuclear DNA replication early in the S phase of the cell cycle. Human DNA sequences were introduced into ts AlS9 cells together with the plasmid pSV2neo, which can confer resistance to the drug geneticin. Cotransformants, expressing both the plasmid-derived neomycin gene and the transferred human AlS9 gene, were selected for growth in the presence of the drug at the nonpermissive temperature (npt). The resulting transformants retained a common set of human-specific Alu repetitive DNA sequences. These are likely to be accommodated within, or in proximity to, the transferred human AlS9 gene. The results obtained provide the basis for cloning human genes required for DNA replication.
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- E Zacksenhaus
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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