Article
Activation of a transposable element in the germ line but not the soma of Caenorhabditis elegans.
Nature - 1 Jan 2000
Collins J, Saari B, Anderson P
Abstract excerpt
The genetic activity of transposable elements is tightly controlled in many species. Transposons that are relatively quiescent under certain circumstances can excise or transpose at greatly increased rates under other circumstances. For example, 'genomic shock' can activate quiescent maize transposons, 'cytotype' and tissue-specific splicing regulate Drosophila P factors, copy number controls Tn5 transposition in...
Topics
- Animals
- Caenorhabditis
- Chromosome Mapping
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Female
- Male
- Mutation
- Phenotype