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Mol Genet Genomics
2010 Jan 01;2831:49-62. doi: 10.1007/s00438-009-0496-9.
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A systematic search and classification of T2 family miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) in Xenopus tropicalis suggests the existence of recently active MITE subfamilies.
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To reveal the genome-wide aspects of Xenopus T2 family miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs), we performed a systematic search and classification of MITEs by a newly developed procedure. A terminal sequence motif (T2-motif: TTAAAGGRR) was retrieved from the Xenopus tropicalis genome database. We then selected 51- to 1,000-bp MITE candidates framed by an inverted pair of 2 T2-motifs. The 34,398 candidates were classified into possible clusters by a novel terminal sequence (TS)-clustering method on the basis of differences in their short terminal sequences. Finally, 19,242 MITEs were classified into 16 major MITE subfamilies (TS subfamilies), 10 of which showed apparent homologies to known T2 MITE subfamilies, and the rest were novel TS subfamilies. Intra- and inter-subfamily similarities or differences were investigated by analyses of diversity in GC content, total length, and sequence alignments. Furthermore, genome-wide conservation of the inverted pair structure of subfamily-specific TS stretches and their target site sequence (TTAA) were analyzed. The results suggested that some TS subfamilies might include active or at least recently active MITEs for transposition and/or amplification, but some others might have lost such activities a long time ago. The present methodology was efficient in identifying and classifying MITEs, thereby providing information on the evolutionary dynamics of MITEs.
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