Loss of Arabidopsis-type telomeres in the evolution of Solanaceae

Sýkorová,  Eva; Lim, Kar Yoong; Fajkus,  Jiří; Leitch, Andrew

Loss of Arabidopsis-type telomeres in the evolution of Solanaceae

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Authors	SÝKOROVÁ Eva LIM Kar Yoong FAJKUS Jiří LEITCH Andrew
Year of publication	2004
Type	R&D Presentation
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
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Description	The genus Cestrum and related genera Vestia and Sessea in the Solanaceae family lack Arabidopsis-type telomeres (TTTAGGG)n, as well as human-type telomeres (TTAGGG)n. In the vicinity of interstitial telomeric sequences these genera contain A/T rich minisatellite sequences.
Related projects:	Genomes and their functions