title: A highly conserved repeated chromosomal sequence in the radioresistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans SARK.
abstract: A DNA fragment containing a portion of a DNA damage-inducible gene from Deinococcus radiodurans SARK hybridized to numerous fragments of SARK genomic DNA because of a highly conserved repetitive chromosomal element. The element is of variable length, ranging from 150 to 192 bp, depending on the absence or presence of one or two 21-bp sequences located internally. A putative translational start site of the damage-inducible gene is within the reiterated element. The element contains dyad symmetries that suggest modes of transcriptional and/or translational control.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, F. E. Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lennon
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Gutman
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Minton
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012329:RNA, Bacterial