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. 1991 Dec 25;19(24):6887–6894. doi: 10.1093/nar/19.24.6887

Cloning and physical mapping of DNA sequences encompassing a region in N-myc amplicons of a human neuroblastoma cell line.

K Akiyama 1, Y Nishi 1
PMCID: PMC329325  PMID: 1762918

Abstract

Cloning and physical mapping of DNA sequences encompassing N-myc amplicons of a human neuroblastoma cell line were done. A number of lambda phage clones within this region were isolated using the probes prepared by the phenol emulsion reassociation technique. Based on the restriction mapping, they were integrated into 8 contigs with sizes of 25-60 kb which, in total, encompassed a 330 kb region. Several amplicons, 100, 420, 480 and 520 kb in size as a Notl fragment, were identified using hexagonal field gel electrophoresis, and the contigs were assigned in these Notl fragments. The region encompassed by the contigs was equivalent to some 60-80% of the amplicons identified as a Notl fragment. In order to compare the amplified regions flanking the N-myc gene among the cell lines, the phage clones to cover the whole contigs were used for hybridization as a probe. The results showed that the portions of the whole contigs ranging 18-45% were also amplified in the cell lines examined. These results allowed us to identified the 'rearranged sites' which were rather evenly distributed, one at every 40 kb, through the contigs. These observations lead to the idea that an amplified DNA domain is constructed after the multiple rearrangements and then increases in number, finally resulting in the formation of subsets of amplicons with sequence homogeneity.

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