Tam Y C, Hassan M, Chopra A, Thirion J P
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1988 Nov 15;156(3):1403-10. doi: 10.1016/s0006-291x(88)80788-5.
A rabbit metallothionein-2 pseudogene (MT-2 psi) has been isolated from a partial rabbit genomic library. Its unusual sequence shows evidence of complex rearrangements involving recombination and deletion events. There are no intervening sequences, 3' poly A tract or 5' regulatory DNA sequences. The pseudogene is flanked by two sets of direct repeats (CT)3 GT(CT)4 and CTGG(G)CTC. They are most probably the sites of insertion of MT-2 psi in the rabbit genome. In addition, a number of repetitive DNA sequences are observed flanking the MT-2 psi gene. These are features of a processed retrogene.