title: Isolation, characterization, and sequencing of Candida albicans repetitive element 2.
abstract: A 1059-bp Sau3A fragment, designated Candida albicans repetitive element 2 (CARE-2), was isolated from the genome of the pathogenic yeast, C. albicans. CARE-2 DNA was detected on several C. albicans chromosomes separated by transverse alternating-field electrophoresis. A high degree of interstrain variation in the pattern of hybridizing bands were observed by Southern blot analysis, with a minimum of 10-14 copies of CARE-2 per strain. A low frequency of new CARE-2 polymorphisms was observed over time for three strains grown at 25 degrees C or 37 degrees C. No new CARE-2 polymorphisms were observed from two naturally occurring switch phenotypes. To localize repeated DNA, oligodeoxyribonucleotide probes, each representing a different region of CARE-2, were hybridized to genomic blots. A lower number of copies were observed 5' and 3' to a 600-bp region of CARE-2. Nucleotide (nt) sequence analysis of CARE-2 DNA shows the element is characterized by six perfect direct repeats 6 bp in length and shows no significant DNA similarity with any known nt sequence.
authors.affiliation: Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Lasker
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Page
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Lott
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000235:genetics*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000235:genetics; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides