title: SIRE-1, a long interspersed repetitive DNA element from soybean with weak sequence similarity to retrotransposons: initial characterization and partial sequence.
abstract: Gm776 is a 776-bp subregion of a member of an interspersed family of relatively homogeneous repetitive DNA elements from soybean (Glycine max). The fragment was originally amplified from soybean DNA by the polymerase chain reaction using a single 22-nucleotide primer, and consequently terminates in an inverted repeat. The elements defined by Gm776 are at least 10.6 kb in length and constitute a family of 500-800 members per haploid genome. The family has been designated SIRE-1 (soybean interspersed repetitive element 1). Overlapping regions of Gm776 exhibit suggestive DNA sequence similarity to Ta1 and Ty1, copia-like retrotransposons from Arabidopsis thaliana and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, respectively. However, there are no similarities at the amino acid level, and the regions of similarity are not functionally related.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, IL 60626.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Laten
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Morris
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013025:Glycine max / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004247:DNA