title: [Frequency and distribution of variable-number tandem repeats in the genome of Aspergillus niculans].
abstract: A total of 30.1 Mb of publicly available DNA sequence in Aspergillus niculans was researched for mono- to hexanucleotide variable-number tandem repeat (VNTR) to determine its type, size and frequency. A total of 4 837 VNTRs were observed in whole genomic DNA sequence with criteria of VNTR length > 15 bp and 80% matches. Considering all six classes of VNTRs, they occur on average about once every 6.2 kb for mono- to hexanucleotide in genomic DNA. The most abundance variable-number tandem repeat is pentanucleotide repeats; the number was 1 386, followed by hexanucleotide and trinucleotide repeats, the number was 1 228 and 1 199 respectively. The least abundance is dinucleotide repeat, only 144 tracts.
authors: Biobechnology Research Institute of Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Science, Key Lab of National Agriculure Ministration, Kunming 650223 China. chengyun@public.km.yn.cn
authors: Cheng-Yun
authors: CY
authors: Li
authors: Jin-Bin
authors: JB
authors: Li
authors: Xiao-Gang
authors: XG
authors: Zhou
authors: Shao-Song
authors: SS
authors: Zhang
authors: Ming-Hui
authors: MH
authors: Xu
mesh_terms: D001233:Aspergillus nidulans / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D016681:Genome, Fungal; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D016366:Open Reading Frames
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal