Terminal-repeat retrotransposons with GAG domain in plant genomes: a new testimony on the complex world of transposable elements
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2015-02-01
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Chaparro, Cristian
Gayraud, Thomas
Souza, Rogerio Fernandes de
Domingues, Douglas Silva [UNESP]
Akaffou, Selastique
Laforga Vanzela, Andre Luis
Kochko, Alexandre de
Rigoreau, Michel
Crouzillat, Dominique
Hamon, Serge
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Oxford Univ Press
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A novel structure of nonautonomous long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons called terminal repeat with GAG domain (TR-GAG) has been described in plants, both in monocotyledonous, dicotyledonous and basal angiosperm genomes. TR-GAGs are relatively short elements in length (<4 kb) showing the typical features of LTR-retrotransposons. However, they carry only one open reading frame coding for the GAG precursor protein involved for instance in transposition, the assembly, and the packaging of the element into the virus-like particle. GAG precursors show similarities with both Copia and Gypsy GAG proteins, suggesting evolutionary relationships of TR-GAG elements with both families. Despite the lack of the enzymatic machinery required for their mobility, strong evidences suggest that TR-GAGs are still active. TR-GAGs represent ubiquitous nonautonomous structures that could be involved in the molecular diversities of plant genomes.
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Nonautonomous elements, LTR-retrotransposons, GAG, Conservation in plant genomes
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Genome Biology And Evolution. Oxford: Oxford Univ Press, v. 7, n. 2, p. 493-504, 2015.