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. 1992 Nov;12(11):5174–5188. doi: 10.1128/mcb.12.11.5174

Temporal order of DNA replication in the H-2 major histocompatibility complex of the mouse.

E G Spack 1, E D Lewis 1, B Paradowski 1, R T Schimke 1, P P Jones 1
PMCID: PMC360451  PMID: 1406689

Abstract

As an approach to mapping replicons in an extended chromosomal region, the temporal order of DNA replication was analyzed in the murine major histocompatibility gene complex (MHC). Replicating DNA from T-lymphoma and myelomonocyte cell lines was density labeled with bromodeoxyuridine and extracted from cells which had been fractionated into different stages of S phase by centrifugal elutriation. The replicating DNA from each fraction of S phase was separated from nonreplicating DNA on density gradients, blotted, and hybridized with 34 specific MHC probes. The earliest replication occurred in the vicinity of transcribed genes K, HAM1 and HAM2, RD, B144, D, L, T18, and T3. The temporal order of replication of groups of DNA segments suggests the location of five or six replicons within the H-2 complex, some of which appear to be either unidirectional or markedly asymmetric. The rates of replication through each of these apparent replicons appear to be similar. The TL region of the S49.1 T-lymphoma cells, which contains at least three transcribed genes, replicates earlier than the inactive TL region of WEHI-3 myelomonocytic cells. These results provide further evidence of a relationship between transcription and the initiation of DNA replication in mammalian cells. The mouse MHC examined in this study is the largest chromosomal region (> 2,000 kb) measured for timing of replication to date.

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