The major candidate for the factor that forms the Nieuwkoop center was β-catenin (This multifunctional protein also proved to be a key player in the formation of the dorsal amphibian tissues)

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An ARS element consists of an A-T-rich region that contains discrete sites in which mutations affect origin function.

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

An ARS extends for -so bp and includes a consensus sequence (A} and additional elements (B1-B3).

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Mutations in three adjacent elements, numbered B 1 to B3, reduce origin function.

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

By counting the number of sites to which ORC binds, we can estimate that there are about 400 origins of replication in the yeast genome.

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

By counting the number of sites to which ORC binds, we can estimate that there are about 400 origins of replication in the yeast genome. This means that the average length of a replicon is -35,000 bp.

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ORC was first found in S. cerevisiae (where it may be called scORC),but similar complexes have now been characterized in Schizosaccharomyces pombe (spORC), Drosophila (DmORC ), and Xenopus (XIORC).