[bionet.molbio.genbank.updates] Drosophila melanogaster Alu I repetitive sequence located near

GenBank-Updates@genbank.bio.net (05/18/91)

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
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