Endogenous pararetroviral sequences in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and related species

Christina Staginnus, Wolfgang Gregor, Michael Florian Mette, Chee How Teo, Eduviges Borroto Fernandez, Margit Laimer, Marjori Matzke, Trude Schwarzacher

BMC Plant Biology · 2007 · 97 citations · 45 references

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Abstract

The analysis of LycEPRVs provides further evidence for the extensive invasion of pararetroviral sequences into the genomes of solanaceous plants. The detection of asymmetric CHH methylation and short RNAs, which are hallmarks of RNAi in plants, suggests that LycEPRVs are controlled by an RNA-mediated silencing mechanism.

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