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SATELLITE DNA [1 record]

Record 1 2013-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

[A set of] short, highly repeated DNA sequences found in eukaryotes, differing in base composition from that of the bulk of the DNA, usually occurring clustered in groups of many tandem repeats in constitutive heterochromatin and generally not transcribed.

OBS

Chloroplast, ribosomal, mitochondrial and centromeric DNA can all form satellites.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

ADN des cellules eucaryotes de densité différente de l'ensemble de l'ADN cellulaire en ultracentrifugation.

OBS

Il correspond à un ADN hautement répétitif ou à l'ADN des organites cellulaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
DEF

ADN muy repetitivo que se encuentra en los genomas animales y vegetales y que consta de millones de copias de secuencias de longitud entre 5 y 500 pb [pares de bases].

OBS

Miles de copias se alinean en tándem (cabeza a cola) en muchos puntos del genoma. Se puede aislar del resto del ADN genómico por centrifugación en gradiente de densidad.

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