TY - JOUR
T1 - The Tc2 transposon in Caenorhabditis elegans.
AU - Levitt, A.
AU - Emmons, S. W.
PY - 1989/5
Y1 - 1989/5
N2 - A second family of transposons, named Tc2 elements, has been identified in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Tc2 elements are polymorphic in sequence and are present in different numbers in different strains. Like the transposon Tc1, Tc2 is active in the germ line of some C. elegans strains. A high rate of transposition has been observed in the progeny of certain interstrain crosses, where transposition events are frequent enough to be detected in blot hybridization experiments, without the use of a genetic screen. Our data suggest that transposition of Tc1 and Tc2 may be regulated by the same genomic factors.
AB - A second family of transposons, named Tc2 elements, has been identified in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Tc2 elements are polymorphic in sequence and are present in different numbers in different strains. Like the transposon Tc1, Tc2 is active in the germ line of some C. elegans strains. A high rate of transposition has been observed in the progeny of certain interstrain crosses, where transposition events are frequent enough to be detected in blot hybridization experiments, without the use of a genetic screen. Our data suggest that transposition of Tc1 and Tc2 may be regulated by the same genomic factors.
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.86.9.3232
DO - 10.1073/pnas.86.9.3232
M3 - Article
C2 - 2541437
AN - SCOPUS:0024671229
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 86
SP - 3232
EP - 3236
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 9
ER -