title: A family of retrotransposons and associated genomic variation in wheat.
abstract: A family of related retroelements was characterized in the genomes of some Graminease species. The structure of these retroelements indicates that they are retrotransposons containing reading frames with sequence similarity to the polyproteins of copia and Ty. This family of retroelements (termed WIS-2) occurs in the genomes of barley, wheat, rye, oats, and Aegilops species. Ongoing genomic variation both within individual plants of a wheat variety and within and between varieties of wheat is associated with some members of the WIS-2 family.
authors.affiliation: Cambridge Laboratory, John Innes Centre for Plant Science Research, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Batty
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Flavell
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000235:genetics; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D014644:Genetic Variation; D019426:Integrases; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000235:genetics; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012190:Retroviridae; D013045:Species Specificity; D014908:Triticum / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases; D019426:Integrases; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase