EVIDENCE FOR A HOST ROLE IN REGULATING THE ACTIVITY OF TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS IN DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER - THE CASE OF THE PERSISTENT INSTABILITY OF BARI-1 ELEMENTS IN CHAROLLES STOCK

Authors
JUNAKOVIC N DIFRANCO C TERRINONI A
Citation
N. Junakovic et al., EVIDENCE FOR A HOST ROLE IN REGULATING THE ACTIVITY OF TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS IN DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER - THE CASE OF THE PERSISTENT INSTABILITY OF BARI-1 ELEMENTS IN CHAROLLES STOCK, Genetica, 100(1-3), 1997, pp. 149-154
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Genetica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00166707
Volume
100
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
149 - 154
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-6707(1997)100:1-3<149:EFAHRI>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
In most reports in which the activity of numerous Drosophila transposo n families has been studied, only a subset of the families tested appe ars mobile. A comparison of these data shows that there are no transpo sons inherently more unstable than others and suggests that host facto rs regulate the activity of transposable elements. Consistent with thi s conclusion are the properties of Bari 1 elements, which are the only ones of the 14 families tested to be unstable in Charolles stock. Ins tability is persistent over 53 generations and appears to affect recur rent insertion sites.