DNA methylation of maize transposable elements is correlated with activity.

doi:10.1098/rstb.1990.0006

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DNA methylation of maize transposable elements is correlated with activity.

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 30 Jan 1990

Dennis E S, Brettell R I

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Transposition of the maize transposable elements Ac, Spm and Mu is correlated with a lack of methylation. For both Ac (Schwartz & Dennis 1986) and Spm (Fedoroff et al. 1988) methylation of a region upstream and downstream of the site of initiation of transcription results in a loss both of mRNA e...

Topics

Alleles
DNA
DNA Transposable Elements
Methylation
Plants
Restriction Mapping
Zea mays

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