title: Sequence variability of satellite DNA from the mealworm Tenebrio molitor.
abstract: To determine the consensus sequence of a 142-bp-long satellite monomer from the mealworm Tenebrio molitor, 22 clones were sequenced. Only nucleotide (nt) substitutions were found. The average sequence variability is 2.5 nt per monomer; changes are predominantly C----T and G----A transitions and the sequence tends to become A + T-rich. T. molitor satellite DNA is undermethylated and transcriptionally inactive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruder Bosković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ugarković
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Plohl
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gamulin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004276:DNA, Satellite; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013712:Tenebrio / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004276:DNA, Satellite