Survey of extrachromosomal circular DNA derived from plant satellite repeats.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Satellite repeats represent one of the most dynamic components of higher plant genomes, undergoing rapid evolutionary changes of their nucleotide sequences and abundance in a genome. However, the exact molecular mechanisms driving these changes and their eventual regulation are mostly unknown. It has been proposed that amplification and homogenization of satellite DNA could be facilitated by extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) molecules originated by recombination-based excision from satellite repeat arrays. While the models including eccDNA are attractive for their potential to explain rapid turnover of satellite DNA, the existence of satellite repeat-derived eccDNA has not yet been systematically studied in a wider range of plant genomes.

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SUBMITTER: Navratilova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2543021 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature