title: The beta-tubulin genes of Drosophila auraria are arranged in a cluster.
abstract: When the beta 1-, beta 2- and beta 3-tubulin-specific DNAs from Drosophila melanogaster were used as probes to recognize tubulin-specific sequences in the chromosomes of Drosophila auraria, they were found to hybridize to the same polytene band in region 32C of the 2L polytene chromosome. Three overlapping clones were isolated from a lambda EMBL3 genomic library of D. auraria, and they all contain beta-tubulin-specific sequences based on hybridization and partial-sequencing experiments of subcloned fragments. These clones hybridize in situ to the same polytene chromosome band in region 32C and they represent an approximately 35-kb fragment of genomic DNA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, School of Biology, Faculty of Science, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Z G
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Scouras
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Milioni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yiangou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duchêne
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Domdey
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics; D017344:Genes, Insect; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D014404:Tubulin / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D014404:Tubulin; D004247:DNA