Retrotransposon insertion targeting: A mechanism for homogenization of centromere sequences on nonhomologous chromosomes

Genes and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 638-640

  Birchler, James A ^a   Presting, Gernot G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Centromere; Evolution; Retrotransposon; Tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON;

ARABIDOPSIS; CENTROMERE; RETROELEMENTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84859323202     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.191049.112     Document Type: Article

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