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. 1998 Jul;149(3):1569–1574. doi: 10.1093/genetics/149.3.1569

Characterization of Soymar1, a mariner element in soybean.

T Jarvik 1, K G Lark 1
PMCID: PMC1460244  PMID: 9649543

Abstract

Mariner elements, a family of DNA-mediated transposable elements with short, inverted terminal repeats, have been reported in a wide variety of arthropods, as well as planarians, nematodes, and humans. No such element has been reported in a plant. Here we report a mariner element in the plant soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.). Although this sequence belongs to the mariner family, it is clearly distinct from previously reported mariner-like elements, as well as from the Tc1 transposon family. Novel aspects of its sequence could be useful as a starting point to identify mariner-like elements in new organisms, and it may prove useful in creating a transformation vector for plants.

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