title: Molecular analysis of the En/Spm transposable element system of Zea mays.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of the autonomous transposable element En-1 isolated from the wx-844::En-1 allele has been determined. En-1 is 8287 bp long. The structure of the mosaic gene 1, coding for the major En transcript, has been established. The promoter gene 1 is located in the highly structured left end of the element and the gene spans almost the entire length of En-1. The first intron of gene 1 is 4434 nucleotides long and contains two large open reading frames, 2714 bp and 761 bp in size, which hybridize to minor RNA species in Northern blot experiments.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung, 5000 Köln 30, FRG.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cuypers
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gierl
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Schwarz-Sommer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saedler
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics*; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D018749:RNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D003313:Zea mays / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D018749:RNA, Plant