TCUP: A novel hAT transposon active in maize tissue culture

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 3, Issue JAN, 2012, Pages

  Smith, Alan M ^a   Hansey, Candice N ^b   Kaeppler, Shawn M ^c  

^a Stemina Biomarker Discovery   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Genome stress; Somaclonal variation; Tissue culture; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870837011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00006     Document Type: Article

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