Structure of the intergenic spacers in chicken ribosomal DNA

Abstract Background Ribosomal DNA (rDNA) repeats are situated in the nucleolus organizer regions (NOR) of chromosomes and transcribed into rRNA for ribosome biogenesis. Thus, they are an essential component of eukaryotic genomes. rDNA repeat units consist of rRNA gene clusters that are transcribed i...

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Main Authors: Alexander Dyomin, Svetlana Galkina, Valerie Fillon, Stephane Cauet, Celine Lopez-Roques, Nathalie Rodde, Christophe Klopp, Alain Vignal, Anastasia Sokolovskaya, Alsu Saifitdinova, Elena Gaginskaya
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:Genetics Selection Evolution
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12711-019-0501-7