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ArticleChromosoma1995

DNA organization and polymorphism of a wild-type Drosophila telomere region.

M F Walter, C Jang, B Kasravi, J Donath, B M Mechler, J M Mason, H Biessmann

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Article in Chromosoma, 1995. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Short and long-term evolutionary dynamics of subtelomeric piRNA clusters in Drosophila.DNA research : an international journal for rapid publication of reports on genes and genomes · 2017
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  9. Protein interactions on telomeric retrotransposons in Drosophila.International journal of biological sciences · 2012
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  10. Retrotransposons that maintain chromosome ends.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2011
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  15. Regulation of telomere length in Drosophila.Cytogenetic and genome research · 2008
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  17. Drosophila telomeres: an exception providing new insights.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2008
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7 authors.

M F WalterDevelopmental Biology Center, University of California, Irvine, CA 92717, USA.
C Jang
B Kasravi
J Donath
B M Mechler
J M Mason
H Biessmann

Funding

STRUCTURE AND MAINTENANCE OF DROSPHILA TELOMERESR01GM046211 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE · PI BIESSMANN, HARALD · 1992 to 1995
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NIGMS NIH HHS GM46211
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telomeres at the ends of linear chromosomes of eukaryotes protect the chromosome termini from degradation and fusion. While telomeric replication/elongation mechanisms have been studied extensively, the functions of subterminal sequences are less well understood. In general, subterminal regions can be quite polymorphic, varying in size from organism to organism, and differing among chromosomes within an organism. The subterminal regions of Drosophila melanogaster are not well characterized today, and it is not known which and how many different components they contain. Here we present the molecular characterization of DNA components and their organization in the subterminal region of the left arm of chromosome 2 of the Oregon RC wild-type strain of D. melanogaster, including a minisatellite with a 457bp repeat length. Two distinct polymorphic arrangements at 2L were found and analyzed, supporting the Drosophila telomere elongation model by retrotransposition. The high incidence of terminal chromosome deficiencies occurring in natural Drosophila populations is discussed in view of the telomere structure at 2L.

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Polymorphism, GeneticAnimalsBase SequenceCloning, MolecularDNA, SatelliteDrosophila melanogasterGenes, InsectIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceLarvaMolecular Sequence DataRestriction MappingRetroelementsSequence Analysis, DNATelomereDNA, SatelliteRetroelements

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PMID8565699

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