2005, Volume 5, Issue 6
June 30, 2005
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SINE2-4a_SP

A family of SINE retrotransposons - a consensus sequence.

Submitted:
30-Jun-2005 		Accepted:
30-Jun-2005
Key Words:
SINE2; SINE; Interspersed Repeat; non-autonomous; CR1; non-LTR retrotransposon; SINE2-4_SP; SINE2-4a_SP
Source:
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus 		Organism:
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus 		Taxonomy:
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Echinodermata; Eleutherozoa; Echinozoa; Echinoidea; Euechinoidea; Echinacea; Echinoida; Strongylocentrotidae; Strongylocentrotus
[2] Authors:
Kapitonov,V.V. and Jurka,J.
Title:
SINE2-4_SP, a family of SINE2 retrotransposons in the sea urchin genome.
Journal:
Repbase Reports 5(6), 159-159 (2005)
Abstract:
SINE2-4a_SP is a young subfamily of SINE2-4_SP (the consensus sequences are 90% identical to each other). The genome harbors several hundred copies of SINE2-4a_SP elements that are ~96% identical to the SINE2-4a_SP consensus sequence. The ~70-bp 5'-terminal portion of SINE2-4a_SP is distantly related to these in SINE2-2_SP and SINE2-3_SP. Interestingly, the 70-bp 5'-terminal portion, which includes the pol III promoter, is highly diverse in SINE2s present in the sea urchin genome. For instance, the overall 10% diversity between the SINE2-4_SP and SINE2-4a_SP consensus sequences is almost entirely contributed by the 70-bp 5' terminal portions.
Derived:
[2] (Consensus)
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IG, EMBL, FASTA
References:
  1. Nisson,P.E., Hickey,R.J., Boshar,M.F. and Crain,W.R.
    Identification of a repeated sequence in the genome of the sea urchin which is transcribed by RNA polymerase III and contains the features of a retroposon.
    Nucleic Acids Res 16(4), 1431-1452 (1988)

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