TY - JOUR
T1 - DANA elements
T2 - A family of composite, tRNA-derived short interspersed DNA elements associated with mutational activities in zebrafish (Danio rerio)
AU - Izsvák, Zsuzsanna
AU - Ivics, Zoltán
AU - Garcia-Estefania, David
AU - Fahrenkrug, Scott C.
AU - Hackett, Perry B.
PY - 1996/2/6
Y1 - 1996/2/6
N2 - DANA is the first SINE isolated from zebrafish (Danio rerio) exhibiting all the hallmarks of these tRNA-derived elements. DANA is unique in its clearly defined substructure of distinct cassettes. In contrast to generic SINE elements, DANA appears to have been assembled by insertions of short sequences into a progenitor, tRNA-derived element. Once associated with each other, these subunits were amplified as a new transposable element with such a remarkable success that DANA-related sequences comprise ≃10% of the modern zebrafish genome. At least some of the sequences comprised by the full- length element were capable of movement, forming a new group of mobile, composite transposons, one of which caused an insertional mutation in the zebrafish no tail gene. Being present only in the genus Danio, and estimated to he as old as the genus itself, DANA may have played a rule in Danio speciation by massive amplification and genome-wide dispersion. There are extensive DNA polymorphisms between zebrafish populations and strains detected by PCR amplification using primers specific to DANA, suggesting that the DANA element will be useful as a molecular tool for genetic and phylogenetic analyses.
AB - DANA is the first SINE isolated from zebrafish (Danio rerio) exhibiting all the hallmarks of these tRNA-derived elements. DANA is unique in its clearly defined substructure of distinct cassettes. In contrast to generic SINE elements, DANA appears to have been assembled by insertions of short sequences into a progenitor, tRNA-derived element. Once associated with each other, these subunits were amplified as a new transposable element with such a remarkable success that DANA-related sequences comprise ≃10% of the modern zebrafish genome. At least some of the sequences comprised by the full- length element were capable of movement, forming a new group of mobile, composite transposons, one of which caused an insertional mutation in the zebrafish no tail gene. Being present only in the genus Danio, and estimated to he as old as the genus itself, DANA may have played a rule in Danio speciation by massive amplification and genome-wide dispersion. There are extensive DNA polymorphisms between zebrafish populations and strains detected by PCR amplification using primers specific to DANA, suggesting that the DANA element will be useful as a molecular tool for genetic and phylogenetic analyses.
KW - evolution
KW - microsatellite
KW - polymorphism
KW - repetitive DNA
KW - retroposon-like element
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.93.3.1077
DO - 10.1073/pnas.93.3.1077
M3 - Article
C2 - 8577717
AN - SCOPUS:0030065713
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 93
SP - 1077
EP - 1081
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 3
ER -