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Contrasting evolutionary patterns and target specificities among three Tourist-like MITE families in the maize genome.
Plant molecular biology - 1 Sept 2009
Zerjal Tatiana, Joets Johann, Alix Karine, Grandbastien Marie-Angèle, Tenaillon Maud I
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Miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) are short, non autonomous DNA elements that are widespread and abundant in plant genomes. The high sequence and size conservation observed in many MITE families suggest that they have spread recently throughout their respective host genomes. Here we present a maize genome wide analysis of three Tourist-like MITE families, mPIF, and two previously...
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