Rat L (long interspersed repeated DNA) elements contain guanine-rich homopurine sequences that induce unpairing of contiguous duplex DNA.

AUTOR(ES)

Usdin, K

RESUMO

The L family (long interspersed repeated DNA) of mobile genetic elements is a persistent feature of the mammalian genome. In rats, this family contains approximately equal to 40,000 members and accounts for approximately equal to 10% of the haploid genome. We demonstrate here that the guanine-rich homopurine stretches located at the right end of L-DNA induce oligonucleotide uptake by contiguous duplex DNA. The uptake is dependent on negative supercoiling and the length of the homopurine stretch and occurs even when the L-DNA homopurine stretches are introduced into a different DNA environment. The bound oligomer primes DNA synthesis when DNA polymerase and deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates are added, resulting in a faithful copy of the template to which the oligonucleotide had bound. The implications of this property of the L-DNA guanine-rich homopurine stretches in the amplification, recombination, and dispersal of L elements is discussed.

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