Using rice to understand the origin and amplification of miniature inverted repeat transposable elements (MITEs).
Recent studies of rice miniature inverted repeat transposable elements (MITEs), largely fueled by the availability of genomic sequence, have provided answers to many of the outstanding questions regarding the existence of active MITEs, their source of transposases (TPases) and their chromosomal distribution. Although many questions remain about MITE origins and mode of amplification, data accumulated over the past two years have led to the formulation of testable models.
Jiang
Ning
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Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA.
Feschotte
Cédric
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Zhang
Xiaoyu
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Wessler
Susan R
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D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics*; D018745:Genome, Plant; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics*; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*; D019895:Transposases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D019895:Transposases