Journal article
A Non-Long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposon Family Is Restricted to the Germ Line Micronucleus of the Ciliated Protozoan Tetrahymena thermophila
Abstract
The ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena thermophila undergoes extensive programmed DNA rearrangements during the development of a somatic macronucleus from the germ line micronucleus in its sexual cycle. To investigate the relationship between programmed DNA rearrangements and transposable elements, we identified several members of a family of non-long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons (retroposons) in T. thermophila, the first characterized in …
Authors
Fillingham JS; Thing TA; Vythilingum N; Keuroghlian A; Bruno D; Golding GB; Pearlman RE
Journal
mSphere, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 157–169
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Publication Date
2 2004
DOI
10.1128/ec.3.1.157-169.2004
ISSN
1556-6811
Associated Experts
Fields of Research (FoR)
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
3' Untranslated Regions5' Untranslated RegionsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceBlotting, NorthernBlotting, SouthernCell NucleusCodonDNADNA Transposable ElementsDatabases as TopicGene LibraryGenomeMicronucleus, GermlineModels, GeneticMolecular Sequence DataOpen Reading FramesPhylogenyPolymerase Chain ReactionProtein Structure, TertiaryRNARetroelementsSequence Homology, Amino AcidSequence Homology, Nucleic AcidTerminal Repeat SequencesTetrahymena thermophila