title: Two novel retron elements are replaced with retron-Vc95 in Vibrio cholerae.
abstract: Bacterial reverse transcriptase (RT) is responsible for the production of an RNA-DNA complex called multicopy single-stranded DNA (msDNA). The genetic element required for the sysnthesis of msDNA is named a retron. Here, we characterize two novel retrons named retron-Vc81 and retron-Vc137 in Vibrio cholerae. Interestingly, retron-Vc81 and retron-Vc137 are replaced by retron-Vc95 at the same location on the chromosome.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Hygiene, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan.
authors.forename: Kumiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inouye
authors.forename: Saori
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanimoto
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamimoto
authors.forename: Toshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimamoto
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimamoto
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000378:metabolism; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; C058681:msDNA; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase