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Isolation and characterization of a new transposable element in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
Plant molecular biology - 1 Nov 1998
Wang S C, Schnell R A, Lefebvre P A
Abstract excerpt
A new transposable element, Tcr3, was identified in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The Tcr3 element contained imperfect terminal inverted repeat sequences of 56 bp and created a 2 bp target site duplication upon insertion. Insertion of Tcr3 into the 3'-untranslated region of the NIT8 gene, which is essential for nitrate assimilation, prevented expression of the gene. Excision of the Tcr3...
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