Table 1.
Genes captured by maize helitrons
| Gene | No.* |
| 19 kDa zein protein | 5 |
| transcriptional activator gene | 3 |
| heme oxygenase 1 | 3 |
| ornithine carbamoyl transferase | 1 |
| rust resistance protein rp3-1 | 2 |
| HC toxin reductase (hm1) | 2 |
| alcohol dehydrogenase 1 (adh1) | 5 |
| cell division like 1 | 3 |
| carboxypeptidase | 1 |
| VADER mutant shrunken-2 (sh2) pseudogene | 4 |
| glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase | 8 |
| phytoene synthase (Y1) | 6 |
| high sulfur zein | 5 |
| GapC2 | 7 |
| male sterility restorer factor 2 (rf2a) | 7 |
| NOI protein | 7 |
| mop1 | 7 |
| Rap2.7 | 9 |
| 22 kDa alpha zein | 13 |
| pullulanase-type starch debranching enzyme | 1 |
| Maize oleosin KD18 | 7 |
| putative ribosomal protein S22 h. | 1 |
| protein phosphotase 2C PP2C | 1 |
| glucosyl transferase ribosomal protein | 1 |
| epsilon protein kinase | 2 |
| P450 monooxygenase CYP71C3v2 gene | 1 |
| tga1 | 1 |
| SU1 isoamylase (sugary1) | 1 |
| Zm38 | 1 |
| aberrant pollen transmission 1 (apt1) | 1 |
| cytochrome b/f complex | 1 |
| rp S8 mRNA | 3 |
| aminoadipic semialdehyde synthase | 1 |
| transcription initiation factor tfiid | 2 |
| protease S28 pro-X carboxypeptidase | 1 |
| proteasome regulatory subunits | 1 |
| ribophorin | 1 |
| ethylene-responsive factor-like protein 1 (ERF1) | 1 |
| fertilization-independent endosperm protein 1 | 1 |
| lysine ketoglutarate reductase/saccharopine dehydrogenase | 1 |
| mus1 | 1 |
| S1 protein (S1) | 1 |
| helix-loop-helix type transcription factor R | 1 |
| Pl-Bh (Blotched1) | 1 |
| anthocyanin regulatory C1 (c1) | 1 |
* Number of helitrons containing a fragment from that gene.