Deka N, Willard C R, Wong E, Schmid C W
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis 95616.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1988 Feb 11;16(3):1143-51. doi: 10.1093/nar/16.3.1143.
Members of the human transposon-like family of repetitive sequences (called THE 1 repeats) like many other repetitive DNA sequences are flanked by short direct repeats. Comparison of the base sequences of twelve examples of these flanking direct repeats indicates that THE 1 repeats insert into a preferred genomic target site. In one case, we have identified the sequence of an empty site into which a THE 1 element inserted. The sequence of this empty site and sequences of truncated THE 1 LTRs are consistent with a retroviral mechanism for the insertion of THE 1 elements. Truncated transposon structures illustrate for the first time that intermediate structures of retrotransposition may also be integrated into the genome.
人类重复序列中转座子样家族(称为THE 1重复序列)的成员,与许多其他重复DNA序列一样,两侧都有短的直接重复序列。对这些侧翼直接重复序列的12个实例的碱基序列进行比较表明,THE 1重复序列插入到一个优先的基因组靶位点。在一个案例中,我们确定了一个THE 1元件插入其中的空位序列。这个空位的序列和截短的THE 1长末端重复序列(LTRs)的序列与THE 1元件插入的逆转录病毒机制一致。截短的转座子结构首次表明,逆转座的中间结构也可能整合到基因组中。