Sequence variability of satellite DNA from the mealworm Tenebrio molitor

Gene. 1989 Nov 15;83(1):181-3. doi: 10.1016/0378-1119(89)90417-4.

Abstract

To determine the consensus sequence of a 142-bp-long satellite monomer from the mealworm Tenebrio molitor, 22 clones were sequenced. Only nucleotide (nt) substitutions were found. The average sequence variability is 2.5 nt per monomer; changes are predominantly C----T and G----A transitions and the sequence tends to become A + T-rich. T. molitor satellite DNA is undermethylated and transcriptionally inactive.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • DNA, Satellite*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
  • Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
  • Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
  • Tenebrio / genetics*

Substances

  • DNA, Satellite

Associated data

  • GENBANK/M30656
  • GENBANK/M30657
  • GENBANK/M30658
  • GENBANK/M30659
  • GENBANK/M30660
  • GENBANK/M30661
  • GENBANK/M30662
  • GENBANK/M30663
  • GENBANK/M30664
  • GENBANK/M30665
  • GENBANK/M30666
  • GENBANK/M30667
  • GENBANK/M30668
  • GENBANK/M30669
  • GENBANK/M30670
  • GENBANK/M30671
  • GENBANK/M30672
  • GENBANK/M30673
  • GENBANK/M30674
  • GENBANK/M30675
  • GENBANK/M30676
  • GENBANK/M30677