2001, Volume 1, Issue 4
April 30, 2001
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ISSN# 1534-830X
Page 20

FORDPREFECT

Primate FORDPREFECT repetitive element - a consensus.

Submitted:
30-Apr-2001 		Accepted:
30-Apr-2001
Key Words:
DNA transposon fossil; HAT family; FORDPREFECT, ZAPHOD
Source:
consensus 		Organism:
Homo sapiens 		Taxonomy:
Eukaryota; Animalia; Metazoa; Chordata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Theria; Eutheria
[1] Authors:
Smit,A.F.A. and Hubley,R.M.
Title:
A few more common, ancient interspersed repeats in the human genome.
Journal:
Repbase Reports 1:(4) p.20 (2001)
Abstract:
FORDPREFECT is a hAT-class element with 8 bp target site dups. It has about 1300 copies in human genome, including FORDPREFECT_A. The first 66 bp of FORDPREFECT are 90%, and the last 36 bp are 80% identical to those of ZAPHOD. It does not seem to have had coding capacity and perhaps hitchhiked with ZAPHOD. The average divergence level of copies to the consensus is 22% (20% outside CG, ~24% substitution level).
Derived:
[1] (consensus)
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IG, EMBL, FASTA
References:
  1. Smit,A.F.A. and Hubley,R.M.
    A few more common, ancient interspersed repeats in the human genome.
    Direct submission (November 30, 2001)

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