Palindromic repetitive DNA elements with coding potential in Methanocaldococcus jannaschii

Item Type:	Article
Title:	Palindromic repetitive DNA elements with coding potential in Methanocaldococcus jannaschii
Creators Name:	Suyama, M. and Lathe, W.C. and Bork, P.
Abstract:	We have identified 141 novel palindromic repetitive elements in the genome of euryarchaeon Methanocaldococcus jannaschii. The total length of these elements is 14.3 kb, which corresponds to 0.9% of the total genomic sequence and 6.3% of all extragenic regions. The elements can be divided into three groups (MJRE1–3) based on the sequence similarity. The low sequence identity within each of the groups suggests rather old origin of these elements in M. jannaschii. Three MJRE2 elements were located within the protein coding regions without disrupting the coding potential of the host genes, indicating that insertion of repeats might be a widespread mechanism to enhance sequence diversity in coding regions.
Keywords:	Archaea, Coding Potential, Palindromic Repetitive Element, Stem–Loop
Source:	FEBS Letters
ISSN:	0014-5793
Publisher:	Elsevier
Volume:	579
Number:	24
Page Range:	5281-5286
Date:	21 September 2005
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2005.08.051
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