title: The bz-rcy allele of the Cy transposable element system of Zea mays contains a Mu-like element insertion.
abstract: The receptive component of the Cy transposable element system (rcy:Mu7) at the Bz locus of Zea mays L. is 2.2 kb and has long terminal inverted repeats. The insertion is flanked by a 9 bp duplication. In the presence of an autonomous Cy element in the genome, rcy:Mu7 is excised from bz-rcy in a manner consistent with a model suggested previously. The termini of rcy:Mu7 have 85% sequence similarity with the Mu1 element of Z. mays. This is consistent with the observation that Mu1 can behave genetically like a receptive component of the Cy system.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Schnable
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saedler
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D003313:Zea mays / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004247:DNA