title: Characterization of the long terminal repeats of micropia elements microdissected from the Y-chromosomal lampbrush loops "threads" of Drosophila hydei.
abstract: Four micropia elements from Drosophila melanogaster and D. hydei have been analysed by sequencing. Two elements, from D. hydei, micropia-DhMiF8 and -DhMiF2, were recovered by cloning microdissected Y-chromosomal lampbrush loops "threads". This method allows isolation of repetitive sequences from defined chromosomal positions, but recovery of large and overlapping inserts is difficult. In case of the Y-chromosomal micropia elements it was not possible to define the endpoints of their long terminal repeat sequences precisely. Comparison of these locus-defined micropia elements to complete micropia elements isolated from D. melanogaster allowed identification of micropia-DhMiF8 and micropia-DhMiF2 long terminal repeats (LTRs). LTR sequences from the two Drosophila species are not conserved except for a few short sequences found at comparable positions that are believed to have functional significance. In contrast, the Leu-tRNA primer binding site and plus strand primer binding site are conserved between D. melanogaster and D. hydei.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Developmental Genetics, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lankenau
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Huijser
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hennig
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D013728:Terminator Regions, Genetic; D014998:Y Chromosome