[Chromosomal localization of nine genes in common shrew (Sorex araneus)]. / Khromosomnaia lokalizatsiia deviati genov zemleroiki obyknovennoi (Sorex araneus).

Syntheny and localization of the following genes in common shrew Sorex araneus were determined: isocitrate dehydrogenase 2 (IDH2), acid phosphatase 2 (ACP2), glutamine--pyruvate--oxo-acid transaminase (GPT), and inorganic pyrophosphatase (PP) on chromosome ik; adenylate kinases 1 and 3 (AK1 and AK3) on chromosome af; and enolase 1 (ENO1) on chromosome jl. Two genes were assigned to definite arms: aminoacylase 1 (ACY1) to arm p of chromosome mp and glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase 1 (GOT1) to arm q of chromosome qr. Thus, 26 genes marking eight out of ten chromosomes are present now on the cytogenetic map of common shrew. These include previously described localizations.

[The isolation and analysis of the highly repetitive DNA from the argali]. / Vydelenie i analiz vysokopovtoriaiushcheisia DNK arkhara.

The repeated DNA sequence of wild ram (Ovis ammon) of 800 bp has been cloned. The blot-hybridization, in situ-hybridization, sequencing and computer analysis were used for the sequence analysis. It was shown that the cloned DNA is from 1.714 gm/cm3 repeated satellite DNA family. Fourteen highly homologous sequences were revealed in the nucleotide sequence databases. An analysis of their alignment revealed presence of two subfamilies (A and B). Average divergence of subfamily A. sequences (including the wild ram repeated sequence) from consensus is about 1%.

[The detection of the location of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in the fibroblasts of voles and mice and in rat myoblasts by using monoclonal antibodies against glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase]. / Vyiavlenie lokalizatsii gliukozo-6-fosfatdegidrogenazy v fibroblastakh polevok i myshi i v mioblastakh krysy s pomoshch'iu monoklonal'nykh antitel protiv gliukozo-6-fosfatdegidrogenazy.

Monoclonal antibodies (MAs) were produced against glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) of two vole species--Microtus arvalis and M. subarvalis. The binding level of the MAs to G6PD in both species were almost the same, which suggested that these MAs may be specific for the antigenic determinants common to G6PD of these species. The MAs produced against the vole G6PD were used for its intracellular localization. The patterns obtained after staining cells with the use of MAs against G6PD were the same as those obtained after staining with the use of antibodies against F-actin. There was a good conformity between the results of light and electron microscopic immunoenzyme analyses with regard to the binding of MAs produced to the actin microfilaments. It is concluded that G6PD is closely associated with actin microfilaments of the cell cytoskeleton.

[Heterochromatin as a factor influencing X-chromosome inactivation in hybrids of the common vole (Microtinae, Rodentia)]. / Geterokhromatin kak faktor, vliiaiushchii na inaktivatsiiu X-khromosomy u gibridov obyknovennoi polevki (Microtidae, Rodentia).

Expression of X-linked genes for G6PD and alpha-GAL was studied in female interspecific hybrids of Microtus. The G6PD and alpha-GAL isozymes of Microtus arvalis were found to predominate in all cases when a species carrying a heterochromatin block on the X-chromosome served as one partner of hybridization and M. arvalis containing no heterochromatin block served as another. The proportions of G6PD and alpha-GAL parental forms were approx. equal in hybrid females when both species participating in hybridization contained heterochromatin blocks on X-chromosomes. Cytological analysis for revealing active and nonactive X-chromosomes on metaphase spreads of hybrid females supports the biochemical data. Non-random inactivation of X-chromosomes carrying the heterochromatin blocks in the interspecific hybrids with M. arvalis and a random one, when both parents contain heterochromatin blocks on the X-chromosomes are supposed to be the cause for the phenomenon observed. The study provided data supporting our previous hypothesis that heterochromatin affects the X-chromosome inactivation process in interspecific hybrid voles.