Table 1

Characteristics of the core PIF/Harbinger-like elements of M. truncatula

Element
GenBank sequence no.
Position (first base-last base)
Element length
TPase/orf1 orientation
No. of introns in TPase

MtPH-A5-Ia
AC132565
126754–132718
5965 bp
TP > orf1
2
MtPH-A6-1-Ia
AC151598
118204–122278
4075 bp
TP > orf1
2
MtPH-A6-2-Ia
AC122722
63283–67500
4218 bp
TP > orf1
2
MtPH-A6-3-Ia
AC144563
2339–7183 (-)*
4845 bp
TP > orf1
2
MtPH-A6-4-Ia
AC146704
67498–72196
4699 bp
TP > orf1
1
MtPH-D-Ia
AC135566
96556–99715 (-)
3160 bp
TP > orf1
1
MtPH-E-Ia
AC135606
48232–52188
3957 bp
no orf1
2
MtPH-E-IIa
AC139748
47216–50597
3382 bp
no orf1
2
MtPH-M-1-Ia (MtMaster)
AC144478
46234–51373
5140 bp
orf1 > TP
1
MtPH-M-1-IIa
AC146861
104340–109602 (-)
5006 bp
orf1 > TP
1
MtPH-M-2-Ia
AC160098
52670–58188
5519 bp
orf1 > TP
2
MtPH-M-2-IIa
AC149306
56522–61824
5303 bp
orf1 > TP
2
MtPH-M-3-Ia
CR962122
73712–77759
4048 bp
orf1 > TP
1

* (-) indicates that the sequence of the TE is reverse complement of the original BAC sequence

Grzebelus et al. BMC Genomics 2007 8:409   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-8-409