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Presence of a member of the Tc1-like transposon family from nematodes and Drosophila within the vasotocin gene of a primitive vertebrate, the Pacific hagfish Eptatretus stouti.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America [Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A] 1992 Aug 01; Vol. 89 (15), pp. 6798-802. - Publication Year :
- 1992
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Abstract
- Molecular cloning of the vasotocin gene of a cyclostome, the Pacific hagfish Eptatretus stouti, reveals, in contrast to other known members of the vertebrate vasopressin/oxytocin hormone gene family, an unusual exon-intron organization. Although the location of three exons and two introns is conserved, an additional intron is present 5' of the coding region of the hagfish gene. The third intron, which is greater than 14 kilobase pairs in size, contains on the opposite DNA strand to that encoding vasotocin an open reading frame exhibiting striking similarity to the putative transposase of Tc1-like nonretroviral mobile genetic DNA elements, so far reported only from nematodes and Drosophila. The hagfish element, called Tes1, is flanked by inverted terminal repeats representing an example of the existence of a typical inverted terminal-repeat transposon within vertebrates. The presence of Tc1-like elements in nematodes, Drosophila, and cyclostomes indicates that these genetic elements have a much broader phylogenetic distribution than hitherto expected.
- Subjects :
- Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Base Sequence
Cloning, Molecular
DNA isolation & purification
Gene Library
Introns
Molecular Sequence Data
Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
Poly A genetics
Poly A isolation & purification
RNA genetics
RNA isolation & purification
RNA, Messenger
Restriction Mapping
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Brain physiology
DNA genetics
DNA Transposable Elements
Drosophila genetics
Hagfishes genetics
Multigene Family
Nematoda genetics
Neurophysins genetics
Vasotocin genetics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0027-8424
- Volume :
- 89
- Issue :
- 15
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 1379721
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.89.15.6798