title: A highly conserved repetitive sequence from Physarum polycephalum contains nucleotide arrangements similar to replicator sequences.
abstract: An interspersed repetitive sequence from Physarum polycephalum has been cloned and analysed. The 394 bp sequence is highly conserved and contains several homopolymeric (dA)-(dT) tracts capable of forming bent DNA structures and a 10/11 match to the yeast-ARS-consensus sequence. The repetition frequency of the described sequence is about 3000 to 7000, a number that would fit with the distribution of replicator segments in Physarum.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Zellbiologie, Biochemie und Biotechnologie, University of Bremen, Germany.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kruse
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hildebrandt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016839:Physarum polycephalum / Q000235:genetics*; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012093:Replicon