Plant MITEs: Useful Tools for Plant Genetics and Genomics

编号 zgly0000311340

文献类型 期刊论文

文献题名 Plant MITEs: Useful Tools for Plant Genetics and Genomics

学科分类 220.1520;林木遗传学

作者 YingFeng 

作者单位 AgricultureandBiotechnologyCollege  ZhejiangUniversity  Hangzhou310029  China 

母体文献 Genomics, Proteomics＆Bioinformatics;基因组蛋白质组与生物信息学报: 英文版 

年卷期 2003,1(2)

页码 90-100

年份 2003 

分类号 Q943  Q78 

关键词 植物  基因  反向重复换位  回复移位 

文摘内容 MITEs (Miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements) are reminiscence of nonautonomous DNA (class Ⅱ) elements, which are distinguished from other trAnsposable elements by their small size, short terminal inverted repeats (TIRs), high copy numbers, genic preference, and DNA sequence identity Among family members. Although MITEs were first discovered in plants and still actively reshaping genomes,they have been isolated from a wide range of eukaryotic organisms. MITEs can be divided into Tourist-like, Stowaway-like, and pogo-like groups, according to similarities of their TIRs and TSDs (target site duplications). In despite of several models to explain the origin and amplification of MITEs, their mechanlsms of transposition and accumulation in eukaryotic genomes remain poorly understood owing to insufficient experimental data. The unique properties of MITEs have been exploited as useful genetic tools for plant genome analysis. Utilization of MITEs as effective and informative genomic markers and potential application of MITEs in plants systematic, phylogenetic, and genetic studies are discussed。