| Literature DB >> 6093113 |
M Schmidt, K Glöggler, T Wirth, I Horak.
Abstract
Two endogenous retroviral long terminal repeats (LTRs) were sequenced and compared to LTR-IS (a family of insertion-element-like sequences with structural features of solitary retroviral LTRs) and to Moloney murine leukemia virus DNA. The sequence comparisons revealed that the major difference between these two endogenous LTRs is a 190-base-pair segment which is also present in LTR-IS elements. Hybridization analysis of DNAs from several mouse species using specific probes shows linkage of the 190-base-pair segment to a LTR-IS specific fragment. It is concluded that the major class of endogenous LTRs has been generated by recombination between exogenous retroviral LTRs and LTR-IS sequences.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6093113 PMCID: PMC391997 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.81.21.6696
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205