Publications by authors named "Leonardo Adabo Cintra"
Article Synopsis
- The study focuses on repetitive DNA sequences in the centromeric regions of certain plant chromosomes, revealing that small chromosomes accumulate these sequences.
- It identifies a specific short tandem repeat, Coffea_sat11, linked to Gypsy/TAT LTR retrotransposons, which forms clusters with other transposable elements and is involved in producing non-coding RNA.
- The findings suggest that this repeat is preserved across different species within the genus and plays a significant role in the organization and regulation of chromatin around centromeres.
Background: Plant genomes are rich in repetitive sequences, and transposable elements (TEs) are the most accumulated of them. This mobile fraction can be distinguished as Class I (retrotransposons) and Class II (transposons). Retrotransposons that are transposed using an intermediate RNA and that accumulate in a "copy-and-paste" manner were screened in three genomes of peppers (Solanaceae).
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