title: Characterization of a Trypanosoma cruzi genomic fragment complementary to several species-specific mRNAs but different from the spliced leader sequence.
abstract: We have isolated a clone of Trypanosoma cruzi genomic DNA, lambda 3b2-5, which contains sequences that are reiterated in the genome. Northern blot analysis showed that clone 3b2-5 hybridizes to 1,200-5,000 bases different mRNA species. The number of mRNAs species hybridized to clone 3b2-5 exceeds its coding capacity showing that this clone carries sequences that are common to several mRNAs species and conserved in the poly A(+) RNA. These sequences are not homologous to the T. cruzi spliced leader sequence, since clone 3b2-5 does not hybridize to a synthetic 20 nucleotide complementary to the spliced leader sequence. Clone 3b2-5 does not hybridize to DNA and RNA from several genera of Trypanosomatidae and other Trypanosoma species indicating that it carries T. cruzi species-specific sequences.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia, Immunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Cotrim
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: da Silveira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D015698:Genomic Library; D005810:Multigene Family; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA