کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10824233 1062316 2008 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Large diversity of the piggyBac-like elements in the genome of Tribolium castaneum
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک دانش حشره شناسی
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Large diversity of the piggyBac-like elements in the genome of Tribolium castaneum
چکیده انگلیسی
The piggyBac transposable element (TE), originally discovered in the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni, has been widely used in insect transgenesis including the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. We surveyed piggyBac-like (PLE) sequences in the genome of T. castaneum by homology searches using as queries the diverse PLE sequences that have been described previously. The search yielded a total of 32 piggyBac-like elements (TcPLEs) which were classified into 14 distinct groups. Most of the TcPLEs contain defective functional motifs in that they are lacking inverted terminal repeats (ITRs) or have disrupted open reading frames. Only one single copy of TcPLE1 appears to be intact with imperfect 16 bp ITRs flanking an open reading frame encoding a transposase of 571 amino acid residues. Many copies of TcPLEs were found to be inserted into or close to other transposon-like sequences. This large diversity of TcPLEs with generally low copy numbers suggests multiple invasions of the TcPLEs over a long evolutionary time without extensive multiplications or occurrence of rapid loss of TcPLEs copies.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Volume 38, Issue 4, April 2008, Pages 490-498
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