Reverse transcriptase families and acopia-likeretrotransposon,Osser, in the green algaVolvox carteri
- 22 March 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 319 (3), 261-266
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(93)80559-d
Abstract
By using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) we have isolated and sequenced two distinct families of reverse transcriptase (RT) sequences from the genome of the colonial alga, Volvox carteri. Probing a genomic library with these RT clones revealed copia-like retrotransposons. One of these elements, named Osser, is 4,875 bp long, bordered by 197-bp identical long terminal repeats (LTRs), and shows the typical organization of retrotransposons belonging to the copia-Tye group. This is the first complete copra-like retrotransposon sequence described in a green alga.Keywords
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