title: A complete full-length non-LTR retrotransposon, BMC1, on the W chromosome of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.
abstract: In the silkworm, Bombyx mori, a non-long terminal repeat (non-LTR) retrotransposon, BMC1, is considered to be a LINE (long interspersed nuclear element)-like element. So far, a BMC1 containing two intact open reading frames (ORFs) has not been found. However, we discovered a complete full-length BMC1 on the W chromosome. This BMC1 is 5091 bp and contains a 5' untranslated region (5'-UTR), two intact ORFs, and 3'-UTR which terminates in a poly(A) tail. ORF1 encodes a putative nucleic acid-binding protein, while ORF2 encodes a protein containing an endonuclease domain and a reverse transcriptase domain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ohbayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugasaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oshiki
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D012831:Bombyx / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005260:Female; D017344:Genes, Insect; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018626:Retroelements; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D020079:Terminal Repeat Sequences
chemical_list: D018626:Retroelements