Claim · model-written summary
Retroelement staining in euchromatin of maize pachytene chromosomes was remarkably uniform.
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e1“Fluorescent in situ hybridization was used to examine the distribution of six abundant long terminal repeat (LTR) retroelements, Opie, Huck, Cinful-1, Prem-2/Ji, Grande, and Tekay/Prem-1 on maize pachytene chromosomes”
e2“Retroelement staining in euchromatin was remarkably uniform”
Title
Distribution of Retroelements in Centromeres and Neocentromeres of Maize
Rebecca J Mroczek; R Kelly Dawe Genetics 2003. doi:10.1093/genetics/165.2.809
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Association Knobs tend to exclude retroelements in maize.
- Association Cinful-1 accumulates in TR-1 knob arrays in maize, as an exception to the exclusion of retroelements from knobs.
- Association Staining for the six retroelements was substantially reduced in centromeric satellite arrays to an average of 30% of euchromatin staining.
- Observation Two centromere-specific CR retrotransposable elements were readily detected in maize centromeres.
- Mechanism Retroelements may be rare in centromeres because they interrupt the long satellite arrays.