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Rice SUVH histone methyltransferase genes display specific functions in chromatin modification and retrotransposon repression.

Bs1, a new chimeric gene formed by retrotransposon-mediated exon shuffling in maize.

Single integration and spread of a Copia-like sequence nested in rDNA intergenic spacers of Allium cernuum (Alliaceae).

Polymorphism of a new Ty1-copia retrotransposon in durum wheat under salt and light stresses.

Insights into evolution of multicellular fungi from the assembled chromosomes of the mushroom Coprinopsis cinerea (Coprinus cinereus).

Genome-wide analysis of DNA turnover and gene expression in stationary-phase Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Circularization of the HIV-1 genome facilitates strand transfer during reverse transcription.

Origin of the polycomb repressive complex 2 and gene silencing by an E(z) homolog in the unicellular alga Chlamydomonas.

Manipulating the Caenorhabditis elegans genome using mariner transposons.

Bacterial genetic methods to explore the biology of mariner transposons.

Site-directed integration of transgenes: transposons revisited using DNA-binding-domain technologies.

Gene therapy vectors: the prospects and potentials of the cut-and-paste transposons.

VL30 retrotransposition signals activation of a caspase-independent and p53-dependent death pathway associated with mitochondrial and lysosomal damage.

Grass genome organization and evolution.

[Phylogeny and systematics of marmots inferred from inter-SINE PCR data]

[Epigenetic silencing mechanism of retrotransposons].

Cytological characterization of sunflower by in situ hybridization using homologous rDNA sequences and a BAC clone containing highly represented repetitive retrotransposon-like sequences.

Genomic and coexpression analyses predict multiple genes involved in triterpene saponin biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula.

High-throughput sequencing of retrotransposon integration provides a saturated profile of target activity in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

The telomere-specific non-LTR retrotransposons SART1 and TRAS1 are suppressed by Piwi subfamily proteins in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.