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LOCUS DROALU1 234 bp ds-DNA INV 18-MAY-1991 DEFINITION Drosophila melanogaster Alu I repetitive sequence located near ribosomal genes ACCESSION X01548 KEYWORDS Alu repetitive sequence; repetitive sequence. SOURCE Drosophila melanogaster DNA. ORGANISM Drosophila melanogaster Eukaryota; Animalia; Metazoa; Arthropoda; Uniramia; Insecta; Pterygota; Neoptera; Holometabola; Diptera; Brachycera; Cyclorrhapha; Schizophora; Drosophiloidea; Drosophilidae. REFERENCE 1 (bases 1 to 234) AUTHORS Miller,J.R., Hayward,D.C. and Glover,D.M. TITLE Transcription of the non-transcribed spacer of Drosophila melanogaster rDNA JOURNAL Nucleic Acids Res. 11, 11-19 (1983) STANDARD full automatic COMMENT The author suggests that ribosomal genes spacer sequences containing Alu I fragments can be partially co-transcribed. Sequence of rDNA transcription initiation region in Long, E.O., Rebbert, M.L. and Dawid, I.B. (1981). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 78, 1513-1517. Data kindly reviewed (22-OCT-1985) by D.M. Glover From EMBL 26 entry DMALU1; dated 06-JUL-1989. FEATURES Location/Qualifiers misc_feature 1..234 /note="Alu I fragment" misc_feature 10..62 /note="sequence homology with rDNA transcription initiation region" unsure 24..25 /note="AC may be ATAC" precursor_RNA 32..>234 /note="pot. 5' end of primary transcript of rDNA" unsure 45..46 /note="TT may be TCT" misc_feature 70..162 /note="sequence homology with rDNA transcription initiation region, 5' of start site" unsure 73..74 /note="TA may be TTA" unsure 100..101 /note="TA may be TAA" unsure 133..133 /note="T may be A" unsure 156..157 /note="GA may be GGA" unsure 210..210 /note="G may be T" BASE COUNT 83 a 27 c 43 g 81 t ORIGIN 1 ctgttctacg acagagggtt caaactacta taggtaggca gtggttgccg acctctcata 61 ttgttcaaaa cgtatgtgtt catatgattt tggcaattat atgagtaaat taaatcatat 121 acatatgaaa attaatattt attatatgta taagtgaaaa atgttgaaat attcccatat 181 tctctaagta ttatagagaa aagccatttg agtgaatgga tatagtagtg taag //