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ArticleThe Plant cell2010

Genome-wide distribution of transposed Dissociation elements in maize.

Erik Vollbrecht, Jon Duvick, Justin P Schares, Kevin R Ahern, Prasit Deewatthanawong, Ling Xu, Liza J Conrad, Kazuhiro Kikuchi, Tammy A Kubinec, Bradford D Hall and 5 more

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Article in The Plant cell, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.

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72 citing papers in PubMed, 133 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Erik VollbrechtDepartment of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA. vollbrec@iastate.edu
Jon Duvick
Justin P Schares
Kevin R Ahern
Prasit Deewatthanawong
Ling Xu
Liza J Conrad
Kazuhiro Kikuchi
Tammy A Kubinec
Bradford D Hall
Rebecca Weeks
Erica Unger-Wallace
Michael Muszynski
Volker P Brendel
Thomas P Brutnell
Iowa State University · USCornell University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The maize (Zea mays) transposable element Dissociation (Ds) was mobilized for large-scale genome mutagenesis and to study its endogenous biology. Starting from a single donor locus on chromosome 10, over 1500 elements were distributed throughout the genome and positioned on the maize physical map. Genetic strategies to enrich for both local and unlinked insertions were used to distribute Ds insertions. Global, regional, and local insertion site trends were examined. We show that Ds transposed to both linked and unlinked sites and displayed a nonuniform distribution on the genetic map around the donor r1-sc:m3 locus. Comparison of Ds and Mutator insertions reveals distinct target preferences, which provide functional complementarity of the two elements for gene tagging in maize. In particular, Ds displays a stronger preference for insertions within exons and introns, whereas Mutator insertions are more enriched in promoters and 5'-untranslated regions. Ds has no strong target site consensus sequence, but we identified properties of the DNA molecule inherent to its local structure that may influence Ds target site selection. We discuss the utility of Ds for forward and reverse genetics in maize and provide evidence that genes within a 2- to 3-centimorgan region flanking Ds insertions will serve as optimal targets for regional mutagenesis.

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DNA Transposable ElementsGenome, PlantChromosome MappingChromosomes, PlantDNA, PlantMutagenesis, InsertionalSequence Analysis, DNAZea maysDNA, PlantDNA Transposable Elements

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PMID20581308
PMCPMC2910982
OpenAlexW2108780790

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