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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-3-3
pubmed:abstractText
Although most LINEs (long interspersed nuclear elements), which are autonomous non-long-terminal-repeat retrotransposons, are inserted throughout the host genome, three groups of LINEs, the early-branched group, the Tx group, and the R1 clade, are inserted into specific sites within the target sequence. We previously characterized the sequence specificity of the R1 clade elements. In this study, we screened the other two groups of sequence-specific LINEs from public DNA databases, reconstructed elements from fragmented sequences, identified their target sequences, and analyzed them phylogenetically. We characterized 13 elements in the early-branched group and 13 in the Tx group. In the early-branched group, we identified R2 elements from sea squirts and zebrafish in this study, although R2 has not been characterized outside the arthropod group to date. This is the first evidence of cross-phylum distribution of sequence-specific LINEs. The Dong element also occurs across phyla, among arthropods and mollusks. In the Tx group, we characterized five novel sequence-specific families: Kibi for TC repeats, Koshi for TTC repeats, Keno for the U2 snRNA gene, Dewa for the tRNA tandem arrays, and Mutsu for the 5S rRNA gene. Keno and Mutsu insert into the highly conserved region within small RNA genes and destroy the targets. Several copies of Dewa insert different positions of tRNA tandem array, which indicates a certain "site specifier" other than sequence-specific endonuclease. In all three groups, LINEs specific for the rRNA genes or microsatellites can occur as multiple families in one organism. This indicates that the copy number of a target sequence is the primary factor to restrict the variety of sequence specificity of LINEs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0737-4038
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
207-17
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12949131-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12949131-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12949131-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12949131-DNA Transposable Elements, pubmed-meshheading:12949131-Databases, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12949131-Evolution, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:12949131-Gene Dosage, pubmed-meshheading:12949131-Genome, pubmed-meshheading:12949131-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12949131-Microsatellite Repeats, pubmed-meshheading:12949131-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12949131-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:12949131-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:12949131-Retroelements, pubmed-meshheading:12949131-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:12949131-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12949131-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12949131-Terminal Repeat Sequences
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Cross-genome screening of novel sequence-specific non-LTR retrotransposons: various multicopy RNA genes and microsatellites are selected as targets.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't