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. 1984 Nov;81(21):6667–6671. doi: 10.1073/pnas.81.21.6667

Genomic structure and possible retroviral origin of the chicken CR1 repetitive DNA sequence family.

W E Stumph, C P Hodgson, M J Tsai, B W O'Malley
PMCID: PMC391991  PMID: 6593723

Abstract

We have analyzed the sequence and structure of three CR1 family repetitive elements found in the region adjoining the 3' end of a chicken calmodulin gene. Members of this family are approximately equal to 300 base pairs long and are dispersed throughout the chicken genome. The present data, when taken together with that from four CR1s sequenced previously, reveal that the CR1 family has an overall structure possessing several features associated with the long terminal repeats of avian retroviruses. This finding implies that a retroviral mechanism may be responsible for the dispersion of CR1 sequences throughout the chicken genome. The seven different CR1 repeats that have been analyzed exist at defined locations in the chicken genome relative to nearby structural genes. A directional polarity has been assigned to the CR1 family based upon limited sequence homology to mammalian Alu-type sequences. Interestingly, whether present in 5' - or 3'-flanking DNA, the CR1 sequences have an inverse orientation such that they all "point toward" the nearby structural genes. This is consistent with the previously proposed concept that chicken CR1 sequences may be involved in defining the boundaries of active chromosomal domains of gene expression.

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