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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana
SUBMITTER: Felix Ott
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-38113 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Hollister Jesse D JD Smith Lisa M LM Guo Ya-Long YL Ott Felix F Weigel Detlef D Gaut Brandon S BS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20110120 6
Transposable elements (TEs) are often the primary determinant of genome size differences among eukaryotes. In plants, the proliferation of TEs is countered through epigenetic silencing mechanisms that prevent mobility. Recent studies using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana have revealed that methylated TE insertions are often associated with reduced expression of nearby genes, and these insertions may be subject to purifying selection due to this effect. Less is known about the genome-wide pa ...[more]