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ReviewCurrent opinion in plant biology2017

Genetic and epigenetic variation of transposable elements in Arabidopsis.

Charles J Underwood, Ian R Henderson, Robert A Martienssen

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Review in Current opinion in plant biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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54citing papers in PubMed
23.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 100 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Charles J UnderwoodWatson School of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA; Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Street, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Ian R HendersonDepartment of Plant Sciences, Downing Street, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Robert A MartienssenWatson School of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA; HHMI-GBMF, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA. Electronic address: martiens@cshl.edu.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · USUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Transposons, RNA Interference and HeterochromatinR01GM067014 · NIGMS · COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY · PI MARTIENSSEN, ROBERT A · 2003 to 2016
$4.1M
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/K007882/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M004937/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/N007557/1Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM067014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transposable elements are mobile genetic elements that are prevalent in plant genomes and are silenced by epigenetic modification. Different epigenetic modification pathways play distinct roles in the control of transposable element transcription, replication and recombination. The Arabidopsis genome contains families of all of the major transposable element classes, which are differentially enriched in particular genomic regions. Whole genome sequencing and DNA methylation profiling of hundreds of natural Arabidopsis accessions has revealed that transposable elements exhibit significant intraspecific genetic and epigenetic variation, and that genetic variation often underlies epigenetic variation. Together, epigenetic modification and the forces of selection define the scope within which transposable elements can contribute to, and control, genome evolution.

Indexed as

DNA Transposable ElementsEpigenesis, GeneticArabidopsisDNA ReplicationGenome, PlantRecombination, GeneticDNA Transposable Elements

Identifiers

PMID28343122
PMCPMC5746046
OpenAlexW2599379903

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