PLANT TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS AND THE GENOME

被引:115
作者
FLAVELL, AJ [1 ]
PEARCE, SR [1 ]
KUMAR, A [1 ]
机构
[1] SCOTTISH CROP RES INST, INVERGOWRIE, DEPT CELL & MOLEC GENET, DUNDEE DD2 5DA, SCOTLAND
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英国生物技术与生命科学研究理事会;
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10.1016/0959-437X(94)90068-X
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Transposable elements are ubiquitous in the plant kingdom and share many common features, both structural and mechanistic, with mobile elements from other eukaryotes. Transposition of these elements can influence plant genes and genomes in many ways. It is also becoming clear that transposable element derived sequences can be a major component of plant genomes. These sequences are probably, therefore, very significant factors in plant evolution.
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页码:838 / 844
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