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Structural and functional liaisons between transposable elements and satellite DNAs

Chromosome Research volume 23, pages 583–596 (2015)Cite this article

Abstract

Transposable elements (TEs) and satellite DNAs (satDNAs) are typically identified as major repetitive DNA components in eukaryotic genomes. TEs are DNA segments able to move throughout a genome while satDNAs are tandemly repeated sequences organized in long arrays. Both classes of repetitive sequences are extremely diverse, and many TEs and satDNAs exist within a genome. Although they differ in structure, genomic organization, mechanisms of spread, and evolutionary dynamics, TEs and satDNAs can share sequence similarity and organizational patterns, thus indicating that complex mutual relationships can determine their evolution, and ultimately define roles they might have on genome architecture and function. Motivated by accumulating data about sequence elements that incorporate features of both TEs and satDNAs, here we present an overview of their structural and functional liaisons.

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Abbreviations

CR:

centromeric retrotransposon

LTR:

long terminal repeat

MITE:

miniature inverted-repeat transposable element

satDNA:

satellite DNA

SINE:

short interspersed element

TE:

transposable element

THAP:

Thanatos-associated protein

TIR:

terminal inverted repeat

TSD:

target site duplication

UTR:

untranslated regions

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Meštrović, N., Mravinac, B., Pavlek, M. et al. Structural and functional liaisons between transposable elements and satellite DNAs. Chromosome Res 23, 583–596 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10577-015-9483-7

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Keywords

  • mobile elements
  • DNA transposons
  • retrotransposons
  • satellite DNA
  • tandem repeats