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. 1983 Nov;80(21):6533–6537. doi: 10.1073/pnas.80.21.6533

Kpn I family of long-dispersed repeated DNA sequences of man: evidence for entry into genomic DNA of DNA copies of poly(A)-terminated Kpn I RNAs.

L DiGiovanni, S R Haynes, R Misra, W R Jelinek
PMCID: PMC390387  PMID: 6195659

Abstract

We have isolated eight cDNA clones complementary to the human Kpn I repeat and determined the base sequence of three. We have also determined a portion of the base sequences of three human Kpn I family members. The three cDNA sequences are extensively homologous with the 3' ends of the three genomic Kpn I family members and with a simian Kpn I family member recently described [Thayer, R. E. & Singer, M. F. (1983) Mol. Cell. Biol. 6, 967-973]. The genomic repeats terminate in regions of sequence rich in dAMP residues close to sequences at the 3' ends of the cDNA clones; a precise 3'-terminal nucleotide cannot be distinguished. These structural features are consistent with the dispersal of at least some Kpn I family members by entry into genomic DNA of copies of Kpn I RNA transcripts. Each cDNA contains a long poly(dAMP) homopolymer at its 3' end and either one or two A-A-T-A-A-A polyadenylylation signal sequences upstream from it, suggesting that Kpn I family members may be transcribed by RNA polymerase II.

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