Silencing of transposable elements in plants

被引：91
作者：
Okamoto, H [1 ]
Hirochika, H [1 ]
机构：
[1] Natl Inst Agrobiol Sci, Dept Mol Genet, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058602, Japan
来源：
TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE | 2001年 / 6卷 / 11期
基金：
日本科学技术振兴机构;
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D O I：
10.1016/S1360-1385(01)02105-7
中图分类号：
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号：
071001 ;
摘要：
Plant genomes contain many transposable elements, most of which are inactivated or 'silenced' Recent studies have brought significant new insights into the regulation of transposable elements. In Caenorhabditis elegans, they are silenced post-transcriptionally, whereas transposable elements in Arabidopsis are silenced by a chromatin-remodelling factor, one of the components of transcriptional gene silencing. These observations provide the functional correlation between gene silencing and the suppression of transposable elements, and have major implications for our understanding of the maintenance of genomic integrity.
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页码：527 / 534
页数：8
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