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. 1994 May;25(2):137-40.
doi: 10.1007/BF00023232.

Capturing of host DNA by a plant retroelement: Bs1 encodes plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase domains

M G Palmgren  1
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Capturing of host DNA by a plant retroelement: Bs1 encodes plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase domains

M G Palmgren. Plant Mol Biol. 1994 May.

Abstract

The recently identified maize retroelement Bs1 encodes domains of the plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase. This is the first example of host DNA captured by a plant retroelement and resembles the acquisition of oncogenes by vertebrate retroviruses. The ability to capture sequences from its host provides plant retroelements with a mechanism to alter gene structure which could be important for evolutionary adaptive change.

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