Organization and differential expression of the GACA/GATA tagged somatic and spermatozoal transcriptomes in Buffalo Bubalus bubalis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) of GACA/GATA have been implicated with differentiation of sex-chromosomes and speciation. However, the organization of these repeats within genomes and transcriptomes, even in the best characterized organisms including human, remains unclear. The main objective of this study was to explore the buffalo transcriptome for its association with GACA/GATA repeats, and study the structural organization and differential expression of the GACA/GATA repeat tagged transcripts. Moreover, the distribution of GACA and GATA repeats in the prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes was studied to highlight their significance in genome evolution.

Results

We explored several genomes and transcriptomes, and observed total absence of these repeats in the prokar

SUBMITTER: Srivastava J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2346481 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature