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Tissue culture-induced transpositional activity of mPing is correlated with cytosine methylation in rice.
BMC plant biology - 15 Jul 2009
Ngezahayo Frédéric, Xu Chunming, Wang Hongyan, Jiang Lily, Pang Jinsong, Liu Bao
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BACKGROUND: mPing is an endogenous MITE in the rice genome, which is quiescent under normal conditions but can be induced towards mobilization under various stresses. The cellular mechanism responsible for modulating the activity of mPing remains unknown. Cytosine methylation is a major epigeneti...
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