title: Repetitive DNA, genome system architecture and genome reorganization.
abstract: Repetitive DNA elements are major organizational components of the genome involved in replication, in transmission to daughter cells, and controlling expression of genomic coding sequences. Repetitive elements format the genome system architecture characteristic of each taxonomic group. Appreciating the functional significance of repetitive DNA provides new concepts of genome organization and genome reorganization in evolution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA. jsha@midway.uchicago.edu
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Shapiro
mesh_terms: D000220:Adaptation, Biological; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial