Mu transposon insertion sites and meiotic recombination events co-localize with epigenetic marks for open chromatin across the maize genome.

The Mu transposon system of maize is highly active, with each of the approximately 50-100 copies transposing on average once each generation. The approximately one dozen distinct Mu transposons contain highly similar approximately 215 bp terminal inverted repeats (TIRs) and generate 9-bp target site...

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Main Authors: Sanzhen Liu, Cheng-Ting Yeh, Tieming Ji, Kai Ying, Haiyan Wu, Ho Man Tang, Yan Fu, Daniel Nettleton, Patrick S Schnable
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-11-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2774946?pdf=render