Transposition of reversed Ac element ends generates novel chimeric genes in maize

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1535-1540

  Zhang, Jianbo ^a   Zhang, Feng ^b   Peterson, Thomas ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AC GENE; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; TRANSPOSON; ALLELE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE;

ZEA MAYS;

MESSENGER RNA;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE DELETION; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33749404926     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020164     Document Type: Article

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