title: Repeated sequences in bacterial chromosomes and plasmids: a glimpse from sequenced genomes.
abstract: To gain insight into the extent of exact DNA repeats in sequenced bacterial genomes and their plasmids, we analyzed the collection of completely sequenced bacterial genomes available at GenBank using the program Miropeats. This program draws graphical representations of exact DNA repeats in whole genomes. In this work, we present maps showing the extent and type (inverted or direct) of exact DNA repeats longer than 300 bp for the whole collection. These repeats may participate in a variety of events relevant for bacterial genome plasticity, such as amplifications, deletions, inversions, and translocations (via homologous recombination), as well as transposition. Additionally, we review recent data showing that high-frequency architectural variations in genomic structure occur at both the interspecies and interstrain levels.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Genética Molecular de Plásmidos Bacterianos, Centro de Investigación sobre Fijación de Nitrógeno, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelos, Mexico. dromero@cifn.unam.mx
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martínez-Salazar
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ortiz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Valencia-Morales
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D007446:Chromosome Inversion; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005784:Gene Amplification / Q000235:genetics; D017353:Gene Deletion; D015321:Gene Rearrangement / Q000235:genetics; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial