Long terminal repeat of the mushroom retrotransposon functions as a dual terminator to transcription.
The 474-bp long terminal repeat (LTR) of the basidiomycete Lentinula edodes retrotransposon was found to contain a different type of transcription termination-poly (A)-addition signal on each strand: TATGT- - -TATG- - -TCT, first reported in yeast genes, and an AATAA (or ACATAA)- - -GT(Py)-rich sequence, frequently found in mammalian genes.
Shishido
Kazuo
K
Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midoti-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan. kshishid@bio.titech.ac.jp
Nobusaka
Ryu
R
Kaneko
Shinya
S
Sato
Yoshihiro
Y
Akiyama
Ryoko
R
Miyazaki
Yasumasa
Y
Ninomiya
Motonori
M
Katsukawa
Shiho
S
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D018626:Retroelements / Q000235:genetics*; D020942:Shiitake Mushrooms / Q000235:genetics*; D020079:Terminal Repeat Sequences; D013728:Terminator Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*