Foxy: an active family of short interspersed nuclear elements from Fusarium oxysporum

• Published in: Molecular & general genetics Vol. 263; no. 2; pp. 271 - 280
• Main Authors: Mes, J J, Haring, M A, Cornelissen, B J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 01.03.2000
• Subjects: Base Sequence; Blotting, Northern; Foxy gene; Fusarium - genetics; Fusarium oxysporum; Fusarium oxysporum lycopersici; Genes, Fungal; Genome, Fungal; Molecular Sequence Data; Nucleic Acid Conformation; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; short interspersed nuclear elements; Short Interspersed Nucleotide Elements - genetics

A novel family of short interspersed nuclear elements (SINEs) has been identified in Fusarium oxysporum. This family has been called Foxy. The feature that makes Foxy unique among SINEs is the presence of 5' terminal tetranucleotide repeats. Both the number and the sequence of these repeats var...