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In eukaryotes, genes encoding ribosomal RNA and spacers occur in tandem repeats that are thousands of copies long, each separated by regions of non-transcribed DNA termed intergenic spacer (IGS) or non-transcribed spacer (NTS). Each eukaryotic ribosomal cluster contains the 5' external transcribed spacer (5' ETS), the 18S rRNA gene, the ITS1 ...
Spacer DNA is a region of non-coding DNA between genes. [1] [2] The terms intergenic spacer (IGS) or non-transcribed spacer (NTS) are used particularly for the spacer DNA between the many tandemly repeated copies of the ribosomal RNA genes. [3] In bacteria, spacer DNA sequences are only a few nucleotides long.
In humans, intergenic regions comprise about 50% of the genome, whereas this number is much less in bacteria (15%) and yeast (30%). [4] As with most other non-coding DNA, the GC-content of intergenic regions vary considerably among species. For example in Plasmodium falciparum, many intergenic regions have an AT content of 90%. [5]
RISA involves PCR amplification of a region of the rRNA gene operon between the small and large subunits called the intergenic spacer region ISR. [2] By using oligonucleotide primers targeted to conserved regions in the 16S and 23S genes, RISA fragments can be generated from most of the dominant bacteria in an environmental sample.
A eukaryotic cell has a nucleus that separates the processes of transcription and translation. Eukaryotic transcription occurs within the nucleus where DNA is packaged into nucleosomes and higher order chromatin structures. The complexity of the eukaryotic genome necessitates a great variety and complexity of gene expression control.
The human genome contains somewhere between 1–2% coding DNA. [2] [3] The exact number is not known because there are disputes over the number of functional coding exons and over the total size of the human genome. This means that 98–99% of the human genome consists of non-coding DNA and this includes many functional elements such as non ...
Detention center formation is thought to be controlled by the varying expression of intergenic spacer long noncoding RNA (IGS lncRNA). [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Under normal conditions, the genes that code for IGS lncRNA are silenced.
The rDNA gene cluster of eukaryotes consists of the genes for the 18S, 5.8S and 28S rRNA, separated by the two ITS-1 and ITS-2 spacers. The active genome of eukaryotes contains several hundred copies of the rDNA transcriptional unit as tandem repeats, they are organized in nucleolus organizer regions (NORs), [4] which in turn can be present at ...