Open AccessMicropia-Dm2, the nucleotide sequence of a rearranged retrotransposon fromDrosophila melanogaster
Author(s) -
DirkHenner Lankenau,
Wolfgang Hennig
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
nucleic acids research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 9.008
H-Index - 537
eISSN - 1362-4954
pISSN - 0305-1048
DOI - 10.1093/nar/18.14.4265
Subject(s) - retrotransposon , biology , drosophila melanogaster , genetics , sequence (biology) , drosophila (subgenus) , genome , gene , transposable element
Micropia-Dm2 belongs to a group of four sequenced micropia elements. It originates from a screen with micropia-DhMiF2A as a radioactive probe on a lambda genomic clone bank of Drosophila melanogaster (2, 3). The sequence features are very similar to those of micropia-Dmll, however, some major rearrangements have taken place. A general description of all micropia elements has been published (4). Here we represent the complete nucleotide sequence of micropia-Dm2 and about 500 bp of 5' flanking sequence. The internal sequences of the copia insertion have been partially sequenced (4), but data are not shown here. Forty-two sequence features are indicated within the sequence. The numbers at the left border of the sequence refer to these features and are described below.