title: Short interspersed elements (SINEs) of the Geomyoidea superfamily rodents.
abstract: A new short interspersed element (SINE) was isolated from the genome of desert kangaroo rat (Dipodomys deserti) using single-primer PCR. This SINE consists of two monomers: the left monomer (IDL) resembles rodent ID element and other tRNAAla(CGC)-derived SINEs, whereas the right one (Geo) shows no similarity with known SINE sequences. PCR and hybridization analyses demonstrated that IDL-Geo SINE is restricted to the rodent superfamily Geomyoidea (families Geomyidea and Heteromyidea). Isolation and analysis of IDL-Geo from California pocket mouse (Chaetodipus californicus) and Botta's pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae) revealed some species-specific features of this SINE family. The structure and evolution of known dimeric SINEs are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Eukaryotic Genome Evolution, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 32 Vavilov Street, Moscow 119991, Russia.
authors.forename: Konstantin P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Gogolevsky
authors.forename: Dmitri A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Kramerov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012377:Rodentia / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D020086:Short Interspersed Nucleotide Elements