The activator/dissociation transposable elements comprise a two-component gene regulatory switch that controls endogenous gene expression in maize.

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The maize Activator/Dissociation (Ac/Ds) elements are able to replicate and transpose throughout the maize genome. Both elements preferentially insert into gene-rich regions altering the maize genome by creating unstable insertion alleles, stable derivative or excision alleles, or by altering the spatial or temporal regulation of gene expression. Here, we characterize an Ac insertion in the 5'-UTR of the Pink...

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