title: Isolation, characterization, and localization of beta-tubulin genomic clones of three Drosophila montium subgroup species.
abstract: Genomic libraries were constructed from three Drosophila species, namely Drosophila auraria, Drosophila serrata, and Drosophila kikkawai, belonging to the Drosophila montium subgroup of the Drosophila melanogaster species group. Clones containing beta-tubulin specific sequences were isolated, characterized by restriction endonuclease digestions and Southern hybridizations, and mapped by in situ hybridization on the polytene chromosomes of the species studied. The distribution of the beta-tubulin loci was found to be similar in D. montium species and D. melanogaster.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Development, and Molecular Biology, School of Biology, Faculty of Science, Aristole University of Thessaloniki, Greece. edrosopo@bio.auth.gr
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Drosopoulou
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wiebauer
authors.forename: Minas
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yiangou
authors.forename: Penelope
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mavragani-Tsipidou
authors.forename: Horst
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Domdey
authors.forename: Zacharias G
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Scouras
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics*; D015698:Genomic Library; D013045:Species Specificity; D014404:Tubulin / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D014404:Tubulin