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Citation Kuzin, A.B., Lyubomirskaya, N.V., Khudaibergenova, B.M., Ilyin, Y.V., Kim, A.I. (1994). Precise excision of the retrotransposon gypsy from the forked and cut loci in a genetically unstable D. melanogaster strain.  Nucleic Acids Res. 22(22): 4641--4645. (Export to RIS)
FlyBase ID FBrf0077018
Publication Type Research paper
PubMed ID 7984412
PubMed Abstract The genetically unstable Mutator Strain of D. melanogaster is characterised by a high frequency of spontaneous mutations and their reversions. Three forked mutants were obtained independently and several reversions arose spontaneously with frequency of 10(-3)-10(-4). The sites of integration and excision of the gypsy retrotransposon were analysed by Southern blot analysis and sequencing of PCR fragments. In all cases gypsy had inserted at the end of the third exon of the major transcript of the forked gene, causing the duplication of TCCA target sequence. All the reversions resulted from precise excision of the gypsy. A double mutant containing ct6 and f1, caused by gypsy insertions into untranslated regions of the corresponding genes, was constructed. Two spontaneous ct6f+ revertants as well as one ct+f1 revertant were obtained from this line. Sequence analysis of gypsy integration and excision sites revealed that in all cases gypsy excision was also precise. These experiments constitute the first demonstration of precise excision of LTR-containing elements from their host genomes.
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Abbreviation Nucleic Acids Res.
Title Nucleic Acids Research
Publication Year 1974-
ISBN/ISSN 0305-1048
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