Mudr/mu transposable elements of maize

Mobile DNA II

Volumn , Issue , 2022, Pages 533-564

  Walbot, Virginia ^a   Rudenko, George N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA transposon; Epigenetic silencing; Maize; Mu dr mu two component system; MUR protein; Terminal inverted repeats (TIRs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85158023800     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555817954.ch23     Document Type: Chapter

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