title: Characterization of potentially functional 5S rRNA-encoding genes within ribosomal DNA repeats of the nematode Meloidogyne arenaria.
abstract: In the plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne arenaria, isolated rDNA repeats show length heterogeneity, and are unusual in that they contain putative 5S ribosomal RNA pseudogenes [Vahidi et al., J. Mol. Evol. 27 (1988) 222-227]. Potentially functional 5S rRNA-encoding genes can also be identified in various rDNA repeats, which appear to be tandemly organized in the genome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vahidi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Purac
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: LeBlanc
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Honda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family / Q000235:genetics*; D011544:Pseudogenes / Q000235:genetics; D012341:RNA, Ribosomal, 5S / Q000235:genetics*; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics; D014431:Tylenchoidea / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012341:RNA, Ribosomal, 5S