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ArticleNucleic acids research2010

The most frequent short sequences in non-coding DNA.

Juan A Subirana, Xavier Messeguer

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Juan A SubiranaDepartament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Av. Diagonal 647, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain. juan.a.subirana@upc.edu
Xavier Messeguer
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to determine the most frequent short sequences in non-coding DNA. They may play a role in maintaining the structure and function of eukaryotic chromosomes. We present a simple method for the detection and analysis of such sequences in several genomes, including Arabidopsis thaliana, Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster and Homo sapiens. We also study two chromosomes of man and mouse with a length similar to the whole genomes of the other species. We provide a list of the most common sequences of 9-14 bases in each genome. As expected, they are present in human Alu sequences. Our programs may also give a graph and a list of their position in the genome. Detection of clusters is also possible. In most cases, these sequences contain few alternating regions. Their intrinsic structure and their influence on nucleosome formation are not known. In particular, we have found new features of short sequences in C. elegans, which are distributed in heterogeneous clusters. They appear as punctuation marks in the chromosomes. Such clusters are not found in either A. thaliana or D. melanogaster. We discuss the possibility that they play a role in centromere function and homolog recognition in meiosis.

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Alu ElementsAnimalsArabidopsisBase SequenceCaenorhabditis elegansDNA, IntergenicGenomicsHumansMiceMicrosatellite RepeatsShort Interspersed Nucleotide ElementsDNA, Intergenic

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PMID19966278
PMCPMC2831315
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