Article
Variation of 45S rDNA intergenic spacers in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Plant molecular biology - 1 Nov 2016
Havlová Kateřina, Dvořáčková Martina, Peiro Ramon, Abia David, Mozgová Iva, Vansáčová Lenka, Gutierrez Crisanto, Fajkus Jiří
Abstract excerpt
Approximately seven hundred 45S rRNA genes (rDNA) in the Arabidopsis thaliana genome are organised in two 4 Mbp-long arrays of tandem repeats arranged in head-to-tail fashion separated by an intergenic spacer (IGS). These arrays make up 5 % of the A. thaliana genome. IGS are rapidly evolving sequences and frequent rearrangements inside the rDNA loci have generated considerable interspecific and even...
Topics
- Arabidopsis
- Chromatin Assembly Factor-1
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
- Genetic Variation
- Mutation
- RNA, Ribosomal
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
