Deletion, insertion and translocation of DNA sequences contribute to chromosome size polimorphism in Plasmodium berghei

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Chris J. Janse¹  Barend Mons¹ 

[1] ,University of Leiden Laboratory of Parasitology Leiden,The Netherlands

关键词: Plasmodium berghei;    mitosis;    asexual multiplication;    chromosome size polyorphism;    deletion;    insertion;    translocation;    subtelomeric repeats;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02761992000700013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Extensive chromosome size polymorphism in Plasmodium berghei in vivo mitotic multiplication. Size differences between homologous chromosomes mainly involve rearrangements in the subtelomeric regions while internal chromosomal regions are more conserved. Size differences are almost exclusively due to differences in the copy number of a 2.3 kb subtelomeric repeat unit. Not only deletion of 2.3 kb repeats occurs, but addition of new copies of this repeat sometimes results in the formation of enlarged chromosomes. Even chromosomes which originally lack 2.3 kb repeats, can acquire these during mitotic multiplication. In one karyotype mutant, 2.3 kb repeats were inserted within one of the original telomeres of chromosome 4, creating an internal stretch oftelomeric repeats. Chromosome translocation can contribute to chromosome size polymorphism as well We found a karyotype mutant in which chromosome 7 with a size of about 1.4 Mb is translocated to chromosome 13/14 with a size of about 3 Mb, resulting in a rearranged chromosome, which was shown to contain a junction between internal DNA sequences of chromosome 13/14 and subtelomeric 2.3 kb repeats of chromosome 7. In this mutant a new chromosome of 1.4 Mb is present which consists of part of chromosome 13/14.

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