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Reference
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Desset, S., Conte, C., Dimitri, P., Calco, V., Dastugue, B., Vaury, C. (1999). Mobilization of two retroelements, ZAM and Idefix, in a novel unstable line of Drosophila melanogaster. Molec. Biol. Evol. 16(1): 54--66. |
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FBrf0106414 |
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Research paper |
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| PubMed ID |
10331252 |
| PubMed Abstract |
We describe a novel transposition system in a line of Drosophila melanogaster called RevI in which two retroelements are mobilized.
These elements are the retroelement ZAM, recently described in the literature, and a novel element designated Idefix. Like
ZAM, Idefix displays the structural features of a vertebrate retrovirus. Its three open reading frames encode predicted products
resembling the products of the gag, pol, and env genes of retroviruses. In situ hybridization and Southern analyses performed
on the RevI genome revealed the presence of some 20 copies of ZAM and Idefix, whereas ZAM is absent and Idefix is present
in only four copies on the chromosomal arms of the original parental line. From RevI, a series of mutations affecting eye
coloration has been recovered. The genetic and molecular analyses of these mutations have shown that most of them affected
the white locus through three rounds of mutational events. The first mutational event was previously shown to be caused by
a ZAM insertion 3 kb upstream of the transcription start site of white. It confers a red-brick phenotype to the orange eye
coloration of the parental line. The second event results from the insertion of an Idefix copy 1.7 kb upstream of the transcription
start site of the white gene, which modifies the red-brick phenotype to orange. This second mutational event was recovered
as a recurrent specific mutation in 11 independent individuals. The third event results from an additional Idefix located
1.7 kb upstream of white that is responsible for the full reversion of the orange phenotype to red-brick. The fact that such
mutations due to recurrent appearances of both ZAM and Idefix at the white locus result in such a variety of phenotypes brings
to light a new molecular system in which the interference of mobile elements with the correct expression of the host gene
can be tested.
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1999.57970 |
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Molec. Biol. Evol. |
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Molecular Biology and Evolution |
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Chicago, IL |
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English |
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0737-4038 |
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MBEVEO |
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