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Mol Cell Biol. 1986 April; 6(4): 1276-1282

Diverse long terminal repeats are associated with murine retroviruslike (VL30) elements.

ABSTRACT

The VL30 family is a retroviruslike gene family with no apparent nucleic acid homology to any known retrovirus. Over 100 copies of VL30 DNA elements are dispersed throughout the mouse genome. Sequence analysis of the VL30 long terminal repeat (LTR) units showed that, whereas the LTR units of a given VL30 DNA element were almost identical, the LTR units associated with distinct members of the family were very different from one another. Comparison of the LTR sequences possessed by two particular VL30 DNA elements revealed a pattern of extensively homologous DNA segments adjacent to only distantly related DNA sequences. With the aid of sub-LTR probes, it was shown that a certain LTR is composed of both U5 sequences that are abundantly present in all species of the genus Mus and a U3 region detected only in Mus musculus. In addition, we isolated a VL30 DNA element in which the LTR units were replaced by the LTR units of an apparently novel retroviruslike family. These findings suggest that recombinations have played a role in generating the diverse population of VL30-associated LTRs.

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