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The plant MITE mPing is mobilized in anther culture

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  • Kazuhiro Kikuchi

    (National Institute for Basic Biology)

  • Kazuki Terauchi

    (Tokyo Metropolitan University
    Osaka University)

  • Masamitsu Wada

    (National Institute for Basic Biology
    Tokyo Metropolitan University)

  • Hiro-Yuki Hirano

    (University of Tokyo)

Abstract

Transposable elements constitute a large portion of eukaryotic genomes and contribute to their evolution and diversification. Miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) constitute one of the main groups of transposable elements and are distributed ubiquitously in the genomes of plants and animals1 such as maize2,3,4,5, rice3, Arabidopsis6,7, human8, insect9,10 and nematode11. Because active MITEs have not been identified, the transposition mechanism of MITEs and their accumulation in eukaryotic genomes remain poorly understood. Here we describe a new class of MITE, called miniature Ping (mPing), in the genome of Oryza sativa (rice). mPing elements are activated in cells derived from anther culture, where they are excised efficiently from original sites and reinserted into new loci. An mPing-associated Ping element, which has a putative PIF family5 transposase, is implicated in the recent proliferation of this MITE family in a subspecies of rice.

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  • Kazuhiro Kikuchi & Kazuki Terauchi & Masamitsu Wada & Hiro-Yuki Hirano, 2003. "The plant MITE mPing is mobilized in anther culture," Nature, Nature, vol. 421(6919), pages 167-170, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:421:y:2003:i:6919:d:10.1038_nature01218
    DOI: 10.1038/nature01218
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