Recent advancement of NGS technologies to detect active transposable elements in plants
Background Unlike peoples' belief that transposable elements (TEs) are “junk DNAs” or
“genomic parasites”, TEs are essential genomic elements that bring about genetic diversity …
“genomic parasites”, TEs are essential genomic elements that bring about genetic diversity …
Harnessing epigenetic variability for crop improvement: Current status and future prospects
Background The epigenetic mechanisms play critical roles in a vast diversity of biological
processes of plants, including development and response to environmental challenges …
processes of plants, including development and response to environmental challenges …
A predictive approach to infer the activity and natural variation of retrotransposon families in plants
Plant genomes harbor a particularly rich landscape of repetitive sequences. Transposable
elements (TEs) represent a major fraction of this diversity and are intimately linked with …
elements (TEs) represent a major fraction of this diversity and are intimately linked with …
High-throughput profiling of extrachromosomal linear DNAs of long terminal repeat retrotransposons by ALE-seq
Extrachromosomal linear DNA (eclDNA) is the reverse-transcribed cDNA intermediate
derived from long terminal repeat (LTR) transposable elements (TEs)(Cho et al., Nat Plants …
derived from long terminal repeat (LTR) transposable elements (TEs)(Cho et al., Nat Plants …