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Derepression of the plant Chromovirus LORE1 induces germline transposition in regenerated plants.
PLoS genetics - 5 Mar 2010
Fukai Eigo, Umehara Yosuke, Sato Shusei, Endo Makoto, Kouchi Hiroshi, Hayashi Makoto, Stougaard Jens, Hirochika Hirohiko
Abstract excerpt
Transposable elements represent a large proportion of the eukaryotic genomes. Long Terminal Repeat (LTR) retrotransposons are very abundant and constitute the predominant family of transposable elements in plants. Recent studies have identified chromoviruses to be a widely distributed lineage of Gypsy elements. These elements contain chromodomains in their integrases, which suggests a preference for insertion...
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