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Reverse genetics in rice using Tos17.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2013
Mieulet Delphine, Diévart Anne, Droc Gaëtan, Lanau Nadège, Guiderdoni Emmanuel
Abstract excerpt
Transposon of Oryza sativa 17 (Tos17), a Ty1-Copia Class I retroelement, is one of the few active retroelements identified in rice, the main cereal crop of human consumption and the model genome for cereals. Tos17 exists in two copies in the standard Nipponbare japonica genome (n = 12 and 379 Mb). Tos17 copies are inactive in the plant grown under normal conditions. However, the copy located on chromosome 7 can...
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