Molecular characterization and chromosomal mapping of the 5S rRNA gene in Solea senegalensis: a new linkage to the U1, U2, and U5 small nuclear RNA genes.

Some units of the 5S rDNA of Solea senegalensis were amplified by PCR and sequenced. Three main PCR products (227, 441, and 2166 bp) were identified. The 227- and 441-bp fragments were characterized by highly divergent nontranscribed spacer sequences (referred to as NTS-I and NTS-II) that were 109 and 324 bp long, respectively, yet their coding sequences were nearly identical. The 2166-bp 5S rDNA unit was composed of two 5S rRNA genes separated by NTS-I and followed by a 1721-bp spacer containing the U2, U5, and U1 small nuclear RNA genes (snRNAs). They were inverted and arranged in the transcriptional direction opposite that of the 5S rRNA gene. This simultaneous linkage of 3 different snRNAs had never been observed before. The PCR products were used as probes in fluorescence in situ hybridization experiments to locate the corresponding loci on the chromosomes of S. senegalensis. A major 5S rDNA chromosomal site was located along most of the short arm of a submetacentric pair, while a minor site was detected near the centromeric region of an acrocentric pair.

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