Genetic study of the loss and restoration of Mutator transposon activity in maize: evidence against dominant-negative regulator associated with loss of activity.

doi:10.1093/genetics/130.4.889

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Genetic study of the loss and restoration of Mutator transposon activity in maize: evidence against dominant-negative regulator associated with loss of activity.

Genetics - 1 Apr 1992

Brown J, Sundaresan V

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The Mutator system of transposable elements is characterized by a family of transposons called Mu transposons that share common termini and are actively transposing in Robertson's Mutator (Mu) lines of maize. Mu lines lose transposition activity during propagation by either outcrossing or inbreed...

Topics

Alleles
DNA Transposable Elements
Gene Expression Regulation
Methylation
Mutation
Phenotype
Zea mays

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