Article
Integrase diversity and transcription of the maize retrotransposon Grande.
Genome - 1 May 2006
Gómez Eva, Schulman Alan H, Martínez-Izquierdo José Antonio, Vicient Carlos M
Abstract excerpt
Grande is an abundant gypsy-like retrotransposon present in the genera Zea and Tripsacum. Related retro transposon families can be found in sorghum, rice, and barley, but not in wheat or rye. We have amplified and sequenced several copies of part of the integrase domain derived from the Zea mays, Zea diploperennis, and Tripsacum dactyloides genomes. There are no significant differences in divergence or clustering...
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