| Literature DB >> 19255366 |
Abstract
Helitrons are novel transposons discovered by bioinformatic analysis of eukaryotic genome sequences. They are believed to move by rolling circle (RC) replication because their predicted transposases are homologous to those of bacterial RC transposons. We report here evidence of somatic Helitron excision in maize, an unexpected finding suggesting that Helitrons can exhibit an excisive mode of transposition.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19255366 PMCID: PMC2674836 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.109.101527
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Genetics ISSN: 0016-6731 Impact factor: 4.562