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. 1989 May;8(5):1315-21.
doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1989.tb03511.x.

Transpositional behavior of the maize En/Spm element in transgenic tobacco

A Pereira  1 , H Saedler
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Transpositional behavior of the maize En/Spm element in transgenic tobacco

A Pereira et al. EMBO J. 1989 May.

Abstract

The transposable element Enhancer (En/Spm) of Zea mays encodes the functions necessary for transposition of members of the En-I family of elements. En constructs were introduced into tobacco and transposition was demonstrated by cloning and DNA sequence analysis. Transcriptional analysis of En transgenic plants revealed 2.5 and 6 kb En homologous transcripts similar in size to those found in maize, in addition to aberrant splice products. Progeny analysis of a primary transformant indicates En transpositional activity after meiosis. In these progeny somatic variegation, at the NPT II gene, was demonstrated to be caused by En excision. Two re-insertions of En were analyzed and found to reside in unique copy DNA while another was found in middle repetitive DNA.

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