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Jordan, an active Volvox transposable element similar to higher plant transposons.
The Plant cell - 1 Sept 1993
Miller S M, Schmitt R, Kirk D L
Abstract excerpt
We have isolated a 1595-bp transposable element from the multicellular green alga Volvox carteri following its insertion into the nitrate reductase (nitA) locus. This element, which we have named Jordan, has short (12-bp) terminal inverted repeats and creates a 3-bp target site duplication, like some higher plant transposons of the classic type. Contained within the first 200 bp of one end of the element are...
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