Plant centromeric retrotransposons: a structural and cytogenetic perspective

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The centromeric and pericentromeric regions of plant chromosomes are colonized by Ty3/gypsy retrotransposons, which, on the basis of their reverse transcriptase sequences, form the chromovirus CRM clade. Despite their potential impor...

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Main Authors: Neumann Pavel, Navrátilová Alice, Koblížková Andrea, Kejnovský Eduard, Hřibová Eva, Hobza Roman, Widmer Alex, Doležel Jaroslav, Macas Jiří
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-03-01
Series:Mobile DNA
Online Access:http://www.mobilednajournal.com/content/2/1/4