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DEC: a new miniature inverted‐repeat transposable element from the genome of the beetle Tenebrio molitor
Author(s) -
Braquart C.,
Royer V.,
Bouhin H.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
insect molecular biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.955
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2583
pISSN - 0962-1075
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1999.00144.x
Subject(s) - inverted repeat , transposable element , biology , genome , genetics , genome size , gene
In this paper we describe a novel family of miniature inverted‐repeat transposable elements (MITEs), named DEC, isolated from the genome of the beetle Tenebrio molitor . These elements are highly reiterated and their number is estimated to be around 3500 per haploid genome. Two of them have been isolated and the two sequences are 84% identical. Like other MITEs, they are characterized by their small size, their A + T richness, the presence of terminal inverted repeats and the absence of open reading frames. These data suggest that MITEs are probably widely distributed in arthropods.