SfiI and NotI polymorphisms in Theileria stocks detected by pulsed field gel electrophoresis

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Abstract

DNAs of Theileria parva parva, T. p. lawrencei, T. p. bovis and Theileria mutans stocks, from Kenya, Uganda, Zanzibar and Zimbabwe were digested with either SfiI or NotI and analysed using contour-clamped homogeneous electric field (CHEF) and field-inversion gel electrophoresis (FIGE). The SfiI-digested T. parva genomic DNA resolved into approximately 30 fragments while the NotI digestion produced between 4–7 bands. The summation of the sizes of SfiI fragments gave an estimate of 9–10×106 base pairs for the size of the T. parva genome. Heterogeneity within T. p. parva Muguga, Pemba/Mnarani and Mariakani stocks was detected. All the T. parva stocks analysed showed SfiI and NotI restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP). Hybridisation of 5 SfiI-digested T. parva DNAs with a Plasmodium berghei telomeric repeat probe suggested that most of the polymorphisms and heterogeneity occurred in the telomeric or sub-telomeric regions of the genome. The recognition by the Plasmodium telomeric probe of 7–8 strongly hybridising SfiI bands indicates that the T. parva genome may possess at least 4 chromosomes. The T. mutans genome was cut frequently with the above enzymes resulting in large numbers of fragments predominantly below 50 kb, thus suggesting either a much higher G+C content than T. parva or the presence of highly reiterated G+C-rich regions.

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