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  • 标题:Telomere length regulation in mice is linked to a novel chromosome locus
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  • 作者:Lingxiang Zhu ; Karen S. Hathcock ; Prakash Hande
  • 期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
  • 电子版ISSN:1091-6490
  • 出版年度:1998
  • 卷号:95
  • 期号:15
  • 页码:8648-8653
  • DOI:10.1073/pnas.95.15.8648
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  • 摘要:Little is known about the mechanisms that regulate species-specific telomere length, particularly in mammalian species. The genetic regulation of telomere length was therefore investigated by using two inter-fertile species of mice, which differ in their telomere length. Mus musculus (telomere length >25 kb) and Mus spretus (telomere length 5-15 kb) were used to generate F1 crosses and reciprocal backcrosses, which were then analyzed for regulation of telomere length. This analysis indicated that a dominant and trans-acting mechanism exists capable of extensive elongation of telomeres in somatic cells after fusion of parental germline cells with discrepant telomere lengths. A genome wide screen of interspecific crosses, using M. spretus as the recurrent parent, identified a 5-centimorgan region on distal chromosome 2 that predominantly controls the observed species-specific telomere length regulation. This locus is distinct from candidate genes encoding known telomere-binding proteins or telomerase components. These results demonstrate that an unidentified gene(s) mapped to distal chromosome 2 regulates telomere length in the mouse.
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