RETROTRANSPOSABLE CR-1-LIKE ELEMENTS IN CROTALINAE SNAKE GENOMES

Authors
NOBUHISA I OGAWA T DESHIMARU M CHIJIWA T NAKASHIMA K CHUMAN Y SHIMOHIGASHI Y FUKUMAKI Y HATTORI S OHNO M
Citation
I. Nobuhisa et al., RETROTRANSPOSABLE CR-1-LIKE ELEMENTS IN CROTALINAE SNAKE GENOMES, Toxicon, 36(6), 1998, pp. 915-920
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Toxicology,"Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Journal title
Toxicon → ACNP
ISSN journal
00410101
Volume
36
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
915 - 920
Database
ISI
SICI code
0041-0101(1998)36:6<915:RCEICS>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A part of the 3'-flanking region of BP-II gene, which is one of Trimer esurus flavoviridis venom gland phospholopase A(2) (PLA(2)) isozyme ge nes, has a region homologous to avian chicken repeat 1 (CR1)-element. In the present study, ten CR1-like elements were further identified in T. gramineus venom gland PLA(2) isozyme genes, T. flavoviridis PLA(2) inhibitor (PLI) genes, and T. flavoviridis and T. gramineus TATA-box binding protein (TBP) genes. Southern blot analysis using a probe for CR1 showed that Crotalinae snake genomes contain a number of CR1-like elements. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.