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Epigenetic control of transposon transcription and mobility in Arabidopsis.
Current opinion in plant biology - 1 Nov 2012
Bucher Etienne, Reinders Jon, Mirouze Marie
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The mobility of genetic elements called transposable elements (TEs) was discovered half a century ago by Barbara McClintock. Although she had recognized them as chromosomal controlling elements, for much of the consequent time TEs were primarily considered as parasites of the host genome. However the recent explosion of discoveries in the fields of genomics and epigenetics have unambiguously shown the importance...
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