Naslov
Structural and functional liaisons between transposable elements and satellite DNAs

Autori
Meštrović, Nevenka ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Pavlek, Martina ; Vojvoda-Zeljko, Tanja ; Šatović, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav

Izvornik
Chromosome research (0967-3849) 23 (2015), 3; 583-596

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, pregledni rad, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
mobile elements ; DNA transposons ; retrotransposons ; satellite DNA ; tandem repeats

Sažetak
Transposable elements (TEs) and satellite DNAs (satDNAs) are typically identified as major repetitive DNA components in eukaryotic genomes. TEs are DNA segments able to move throughout a genome while satDNAs are tandemly repeated sequences organized in long arrays. Both classes of repetitive sequences are extremely diverse, and many TEs and satDNAs exist within a genome. Although they differ in structure, genomic organization, mechanisms of spread, and evolutionary dynamics, TEs and satDNAs can share sequence similarity and organizational patterns, thus indicating that complex mutual relationships can determine their evolution, and ultimately define roles they might have on genome architecture and function. Motivated by accumulating data about sequence elements that incorporate features of both TEs and satDNAs, here we present an overview of their structural and functional liaisons.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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