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Jittery, a Mutator distant relative with a paradoxical mobile behavior: excision without reinsertion.
The Plant cell - 1 May 2004
Xu Zhennan, Yan Xianghe, Maurais Steve, Fu Huihua, O'Brien David G, Mottinger John, Dooner Hugo K
Abstract excerpt
The unstable mutation bz-m039 arose in a maize (Zea mays) stock that originated from a plant infected with barley stripe mosaic virus. The instability of the mutation is caused by a 3.9-kb mobile element that has been named Jittery (Jit). Jit has terminal inverted repeats (TIRs) of 181 bp, causes a 9-bp direct duplication of the target site, and appears to excise autonomously. It is predicted to encode a single...
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