volume 6 Number 101979 Nucleic Ac ids Research Cloning of human satellite III DNA: different components are on different chromosomes

Two fragments cloned from purified human satellite III DNA do not cross-react with each other. One fragment, for which a partial sequence is reported, hybridises to satellite II as well as III and is shown to originate on chromosome 1. The other cloned fragment originates from the Y chromosome. This fragment has undergone considerable changes in size when cloned in Xgt WES AB. Human satellite III is shown to consist of a number of non-cross-reacting sequences which nevertheless are related by the presence of closely spaced Hin Fl sites