Ugarković D, Plohl M, Gamulin V
Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruder Bosković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia.
Gene. 1989 Nov 15;83(1):181-3. doi: 10.1016/0378-1119(89)90417-4.
To determine the consensus sequence of a 142-bp-long satellite monomer from the mealworm Tenebrio molitor, 22 clones were sequenced. Only nucleotide (nt) substitutions were found. The average sequence variability is 2.5 nt per monomer; changes are predominantly C----T and G----A transitions and the sequence tends to become A + T-rich. T. molitor satellite DNA is undermethylated and transcriptionally inactive.
