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SIRE-1, A putative plant retrovirus is closely related to a legume TY1-copia retrotransposon family
Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters volume 12, pages 120–126 (2007)
Abstract
SIRE-1 is a potential soybean retrovirus which has a gene order similar to Ty1-copia retrotransposons but also contains an envelope-like open reading frame (ORF), which is characteristic of retroviruses. PCR and Southern analysis reveals that SIRE-1 is closely related to a legume-wide family of envelope-lacking Ty1-copia group retrotransposons which suggests that SIRE-1 was formed by the recent acquisition of an envelope gene by a Ty1-copia retrotransposon.
Abbreviations
- env:
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envelope
- orf:
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open reading frame
- pol:
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polyprotein
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Pearce, S.R. SIRE-1, A putative plant retrovirus is closely related to a legume TY1-copia retrotransposon family. Cell Mol Biol Lett 12, 120–126 (2007). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11658-006-0053-z
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Key words
- Glycine max
- Retroelement
- RNAseH