TY - JOUR
T1 - Evolution of Alu repeats surrounding the human ferredoxin gene
AU - Chung, Bon chu
AU - Chang, Chi Yao
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by National and Acade:mia Sinica, Republic of China.
PY - 1991/5/31
Y1 - 1991/5/31
N2 - Ferredoxin is an iron-sulfur protein that serves as an electron carrier for the mitochondrial oxidation/reduction system. During the characterization of the human ferredoxin gene, we have identified three Alu sequences surrounding it. When these Alu sequences were compared with others, all three of them are more related to the consensus Alu than the 7SL gene, the progenitor of the Alu family. It suggests that they are members of the modern Alu family. Their sequences differ from the Alu consensus sequence by about 5%, indicating that they were inserted into the chromosome about 35 million years ago.
AB - Ferredoxin is an iron-sulfur protein that serves as an electron carrier for the mitochondrial oxidation/reduction system. During the characterization of the human ferredoxin gene, we have identified three Alu sequences surrounding it. When these Alu sequences were compared with others, all three of them are more related to the consensus Alu than the 7SL gene, the progenitor of the Alu family. It suggests that they are members of the modern Alu family. Their sequences differ from the Alu consensus sequence by about 5%, indicating that they were inserted into the chromosome about 35 million years ago.
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U2 - 10.1016/0006-291X(91)91956-D
DO - 10.1016/0006-291X(91)91956-D
M3 - Article
C2 - 2043099
AN - SCOPUS:0025737920
SN - 0006-291X
VL - 177
SP - 120
EP - 124
JO - Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
JF - Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
IS - 1
ER -