Reactivation of Mutator transposable elements of maize by ultraviolet light.

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Reactivation of Mutator transposable elements of maize by ultraviolet light.

Molecular & general genetics : MGG - 1 Sept 1992

Walbot V

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After epigenetic loss of Mutator activity, the family of Mu elements in Zea mays becomes immobile and highly methylated; in addition, Mu9, the presumptive autonomous regulatory element, is transcriptionally silent and its copy number decreases in successive crosses to non-Mutator lines. Spontaneo...

Topics

DNA
DNA Transposable Elements
Methylation
Mutation
Pollen
Ultraviolet Rays
Zea mays

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