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http://dx.doi.org/10.7845/kjm.2016.5070

Development of a novel genetic assay for telomere recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae  

Kim, Min-Kyu (Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Science, Inha University)
Bae, Sung-Ho (Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Science, Inha University)
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Korean Journal of Microbiology / v.52, no.1, 2016 , pp. 116-119 More about this Journal
Abstract
Stable maintenance of telomere is required for cell proliferation and survival. Although telomerase is the primary means for telomere maintenance, recombination is another important pathway to maintain telomeres. In this study, we developed a genetic assay for telomere recombination using the internal $TG_{1-3}$ repeats present in subtelomeric regions of yeast. The recombination frequencies were dependent on the presence of the internal $TG_{1-3}$ repeats. PCR amplification of the regions near URA3 and CAN1 markers using genomic DNA isolated from $FOA^rCan^r$ colonies indicated that each isolate had lost the chromosome end including the markers. In addition, the recombination frequencies increased with longer internal $TG_{1-3}$ repeats. Our results suggest that the $FOA^rCan^r$ colony formation is the consequence of recombination between the internal and terminal $TG_{1-3}$ repeats.
Keywords
assay for telomere recombination; telomere; telomere recombination; yeast telomere;
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