TY - JOUR
T1 - Primary Structure of the Ribosomal DNA Intergenic Spacer from the Mosquito, Aedes albopictus
AU - Baldridge, Gerald D.
AU - Fallon, Ann M.
PY - 1992/1
Y1 - 1992/1
N2 - We have determined the primary structure of a 4.7-kb portion of the ribosomal DNA intergenic spacer from cultured cells of the mosquito, Aedes albopictus. Immediately upstream from the 18S rRNA gene was a 753-bp sequence containing two regions similar to known RNA polymerase I promoters, each preceded by potential transcription termination signals. Upstream from this putative promoter region was a 3.15-kb tandem array of 17 direct repeats with a consensus sequence length of 201 bp. The 201-bp repeats contained imperfect antisense duplications of 11-bp core domain regions in the putative RNA polymerase I promoters, and sequences of possible significance in recombination. Farthest upstream of the 18S rRNA gene was an 803-bp region containing two copies each of 34-, 48-, and 64-bp elements separated by apparently unique sequence. This first detailed structural analysis of a ribosomal DNA intergenic spacer from a member of the lower Diptera has revealed features similar to those described for the higher Diptera as well as conserved motifs presumably critical to rRNA transcription.
AB - We have determined the primary structure of a 4.7-kb portion of the ribosomal DNA intergenic spacer from cultured cells of the mosquito, Aedes albopictus. Immediately upstream from the 18S rRNA gene was a 753-bp sequence containing two regions similar to known RNA polymerase I promoters, each preceded by potential transcription termination signals. Upstream from this putative promoter region was a 3.15-kb tandem array of 17 direct repeats with a consensus sequence length of 201 bp. The 201-bp repeats contained imperfect antisense duplications of 11-bp core domain regions in the putative RNA polymerase I promoters, and sequences of possible significance in recombination. Farthest upstream of the 18S rRNA gene was an 803-bp region containing two copies each of 34-, 48-, and 64-bp elements separated by apparently unique sequence. This first detailed structural analysis of a ribosomal DNA intergenic spacer from a member of the lower Diptera has revealed features similar to those described for the higher Diptera as well as conserved motifs presumably critical to rRNA transcription.
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U2 - 10.1089/dna.1992.11.51
DO - 10.1089/dna.1992.11.51
M3 - Article
C2 - 1739434
AN - SCOPUS:0026733719
SN - 1044-5498
VL - 11
SP - 51
EP - 59
JO - DNA and Cell Biology
JF - DNA and Cell Biology
IS - 1
ER -