The evolutionary analysis of the Tnt1 retrotransposon in Nicotiana species reveals the high variability of its regulatory sequences.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025988

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The evolutionary analysis of the Tnt1 retrotransposon in Nicotiana species reveals the high variability of its regulatory sequences.

Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jul 1998

Vernhettes S, Grandbastien M A, Casacuberta J M

Abstract excerpt

We studied the evolution of the tobacco Tnt1 retrotransposon by analyzing Tnt1 partial sequences containing both coding domains and U3 regulatory sequences obtained from a number of Nicotiana species. We detected three different subfamilies of Tnt1 elements, Tnt1A, Tnt1B, and Tnt1C, that differ c...

Topics

Base Sequence
Evolution, Molecular
Genetic Variation
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Plants, Toxic
Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
Retroelements
Nicotiana

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