Evolutionary conservation, diversity and specificity of LTR-retrotransposons in flowering plants: Insights from genome-wide analysis and multi-specific comparison

Plant Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 584-598

  Du, Jianchang ^a   Tian, Zhixi ^a   Hans, Christian S ^a   Laten, Howard M ^b   Cannon, Steven B ^c   Jackson, Scott A ^a   Shoemaker, Randy C ^c   Ma, Jianxin ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

centromere retrotransposons; comparative genomics; genome evolution; LTR retrotransposons; plant retroviruses

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE RETROTRANSPOSONS; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; GENOME EVOLUTION; LTR-RETROTRANSPOSONS; PLANT RETROVIRUSES;

NITROGEN FIXATION; ONCOGENIC VIRUSES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENES;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MAIZE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENOME; RETROPOSON; RICE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOYBEAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANGIOSPERMS; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; ORYZA SATIVA; PHYLOGENY; RETROELEMENTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOYBEANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; TIME FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

GLYCINE MAX; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POACEAE;

EID: 77955689247     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04263.x     Document Type: Article

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