A HIGHLY CONSERVED REPETITIVE SEQUENCE FROM PHYSARUM-POLYCEPHALUM CONTAINS NUCLEOTIDE ARRANGEMENTS SIMILAR TO REPLICATOR SEQUENCES

被引:5
作者
KRUSE, L [1 ]
MEYER, G [1 ]
HILDEBRANDT, A [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV BREMEN, INST ZELLBIOL BIOCHEM & BIOTECHNOL, NW 2, W-2800 BREMEN 33, GERMANY
关键词
REPETITIVE SEQUENCE; CLONING PROBLEM; REPLICATOR ELEMENT; (PHYSARUM-POLYCEPHALUM);
D O I
10.1016/0167-4781(93)90049-J
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
An interspersed repetitive sequence from Physarum polycephalum has been cloned and analysed. The 394 bp sequence is highly conserved and contains several homopolymeric (dA)-(dT) tracts capable of forming bent DNA structures and a 10/11 match to the yeast-ARS-consensus sequence. The repetition frequency of the described sequence is about 3000 to 7000, a number that would fit with the distribution of replicator segments in Physarum.
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页码:129 / 133
页数:5
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