HIGH-FREQUENCY EXCISION OF TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT TC1 IN THE NEMATODE CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS IS LIMITED TO SOMATIC-CELLS
HIGH-FREQUENCY EXCISION OF TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT TC1 IN THE NEMATODE CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS IS LIMITED TO SOMATIC-CELLS
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DOI:
10.1016/0092-8674(84)90339-8
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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影响因子:
64.5
通讯作者:
YESNER, L
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作者:
EMMONS, SW;YESNER, L
Tc1 transposable elements in the nematode C. elegans undergo excision at high frequency. This excision occurs primarily or entirely in the somatic tissues of the organism. Absence of germ-line excision is demonstrated by showing that Tc1 elements are genetically stable; elements at particular genomic sites, as well as the overall number of elements in the genome, were stably maintained during a year of continuous, nonselective propagation. Somatic excision is demonstrated by showing that empty Tc1 sites arise during a single generation of growth of a synchronous population and are not inherited by the next generation. Excision of Tc1 elements probably is under the control of tissue-specific factors.