title: A physical map of the X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster: cosmid contigs and sequence tagged sites.
abstract: A physical map of the euchromatic X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster has been constructed by assembling contiguous arrays of cosmids that were selected by screening a library with DNA isolated from microamplified chromosomal divisions. This map, consisting of 893 cosmids, covers approximately 64% of the euchromatic part of the chromosome. In addition, 568 sequence tagged sites (STS), in aggregate representing 120 kb of sequenced DNA, were derived from selected cosmids. Most of these STSs, spaced at an average distance of approximately 35 kb along the euchromatic region of the chromosome, represent DNA tags that can be used as entry points to the fruitfly genome. Furthermore, 42 genes have been placed on the physical map, either through the hybridization of specific probes to the cosmids or through the fact that they were represented among the STSs. These provide a link between the physical and the genetic maps of D. melanogaster. Nine novel genes have been tentatively identified in Drosophila on the basis of matches between STS sequences and sequences from other species.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Madueño
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Papagiannakis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rimmington
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Savakis
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sidén-Kiamos
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Skavdis
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spanos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trenear
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Adam
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003360:Cosmids; D004247:DNA; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D016324:Sequence Tagged Sites; D014960:X Chromosome
chemical_list: D004247:DNA