A physical map of human Alu repeats cleavage by restriction endonucleases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alu repetitive elements are the abundant sequences in human genome. Diversity of DNA sequences of these elements makes difficult the construction of theoretical patterns of Alu repeats cleavage by restriction endonucleases. We have proposed a method of restriction analysis of Alu repeats sequences in silico.

Results

Simple software to analyze Alu repeats database has been suggested and Alu repeats digestion patterns for several restriction enzymes' recognition sites have been constructed. Restriction maps of Alu repeats cleavage for corresponding restriction enzymes have been calculated and plotted. Theoretical data have been compared with experimental results on DNA hydrolysis with restriction enzymes, which we obtained earlier.

Conclusion

Alu repeats dige

SUBMITTER: Abdurashitov MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2443384 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature