title: Adaptation of the interspersed repetitive sequence polymerase chain reaction to the isolation of mouse DNA probes from somatic cell hybrids on a hamster background.
abstract: A strategy for the rapid isolation of DNA probes from radiation-fusion Chinese hamster cell hybrids containing overlapping portions of the murine X chromosome based on the interspersed repetitive sequence polymerase chain reaction (IRS-PCR) previously used with human somatic cell hybrids has been developed. This specific amplification of mouse DNA on a hamster background depends on the use of primers directed to the B2 short interspersed repeat element family and the R repeat, from the long interspersed repeat element family, L1. Two sets of amplification conditions, which gave specific amplification of mouse DNA from either a mouse X-monochromosomal hybrid or irradiation-fusion hybrids having reduced X content, were defined. The mouse X-only chromosome hybrid yielded approximately 20 discrete reproducible bands, while the irradiation-fusion hybrids yielded between 1 and 10 discrete products. Comparison of different irradiation-fusion hybrids has allowed the definition of both specific and shared products corresponding to different regions within the overlapping X-chromosome fragments present within these hybrids. Use of such hybrids and the IRS-PCR technique has allowed the isolation of probes corresponding to the central region of the mouse X chromosome that contains the X-inactivation center. The method should be widely applicable to the isolation of mouse DNA sequences from mouse hybrid cell lines on either human or Chinese hamster backgrounds.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Génétique Moléculaire Murine, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Simmler
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Avner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D015342:DNA Probes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006822:Hybrid Cells / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D014960:X Chromosome
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D005819:Genetic Markers