Structure and genomic organization of I elements involved in I-R hybrid dysgenesis in Drosophila melanogaster.
I-R hybrid dysgenesis in D. melanogaster is controlled by transposable elements known as I factors which terminate at their 3' ends by an A-rich sequence. Inducer strains contain active I factors. Both reactive and inducer stocks possess defective I elements. We have cloned various I elements from both categories of strains. The I elements having recently transposed in inducer strains have a structure closely related to that of active I factors. However we have isolated one such I element that is truncated at its 5' end. The I elements common to reactive and inducer strains are affected by various rearrangements and many point mutations. They do not appear to be simple derivatives of complete I factors.
Crozatier
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Unité Associée au CNRS no. 360, Université Blaise Pascal, Aubière, France.
Vaury
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Busseau
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Pelisson
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Bucheton
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D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D013045:Species Specificity
D004251:DNA Transposable Elements