DEC: a new miniature inverted‐repeat transposable element from the genome of the beetle Tenebrio molitor
- 1 November 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Insect Molecular Biology
- Vol. 8 (4) , 571-574
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2583.1999.00144.x
Abstract
In this paper we describe a novel family of miniature inverted‐repeat transposable elements (MITEs), named DEC, isolated from the genome of the beetle Tenebrio molitor. These elements are highly reiterated and their number is estimated to be around 3500 per haploid genome. Two of them have been isolated and the two sequences are 84% identical. Like other MITEs, they are characterized by their small size, their A + T richness, the presence of terminal inverted repeats and the absence of open reading frames. These data suggest that MITEs are probably widely distributed in arthropods.Keywords
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