Mermaid:A Family of Short Interspersed Repetitive Elements Widespread in Vertebrates

We have discovered a family of short interspersed repetitive elements (SINEs) that are present in the genomes of fish, amphibian and primates. The family of the SINEs, designatedmermaid,is distinctive in each species except for a conserved region of approximately 80 bp. Some members of themermaidfam...

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Published in:	Biochemical and biophysical research communications Vol. 220; no. 1; pp. 226 - 232
Main Authors:	Shimoda, Nobuyoshi, Chevrette, Mario, Ekker, Marc, Kikuchi, Yutaka, Hotta, Yoshiki, Okamoto, Hitoshi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 07-03-1996
Subjects:	Amphibians - genetics Animals Base Sequence Conserved Sequence DNA Primers - genetics DNA Transposable Elements Evolution, Molecular Fishes - genetics Humans Molecular Sequence Data Phylogeny Polymerase Chain Reaction Primates - genetics Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid Species Specificity Vertebrates - genetics
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Summary:	We have discovered a family of short interspersed repetitive elements (SINEs) that are present in the genomes of fish, amphibian and primates. The family of the SINEs, designatedmermaid,is distinctive in each species except for a conserved region of approximately 80 bp. Some members of themermaidfamily were found in transposon-like repetitive elements, including Tc1-like elements which are also distributed in the genomes of fish and amphibian. This raises the possibility of horizontal transfer of themermaidfamily between vertebrates via transposons.
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ISSN:	0006-291X 1090-2104
DOI:	10.1006/bbrc.1996.0385