LTR-retrotransposons in plants: Engines of evolution

L Galindo-González, C Mhiri, MK Deyholos… - Gene, 2017 - Elsevier
LTR retrotransposons are the most abundant group of transposable elements (TEs) in
plants. These elements can fall inside or close to genes, and therefore influence their …

Retrotransposons in plant genomes: structure, identification, and classification through bioinformatics and machine learning

S Orozco-Arias, G Isaza, R Guyot - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Transposable elements (TEs) are genomic units able to move within the genome of virtually
all organisms. Due to their natural repetitive numbers and their high structural diversity, the …

Retrotransposons: How the continuous evolutionary front shapes plant genomes for response to heat stress

PK Papolu, M Ramakrishnan, S Mullasseri… - Frontiers in plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Long terminal repeat retrotransposons (LTR retrotransposons) are the most abundant group
of mobile genetic elements in eukaryotic genomes and are essential in organizing genomic …

A copia-like retrotransposon insertion in the upstream region of the SHATTERPROOF1 gene, BnSHP1.A9, is associated with quantitative variation in pod shattering …

J Liu, R Zhou, W Wang, H Wang, Y Qiu… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Seed loss resulting from pod shattering is a major constraint in production of oilseed rape
(Brassica napus L.). However, the molecular mechanisms underlying pod shatter resistance …

A novel maize dwarf mutant generated by Ty1-copia LTR-retrotransposon insertion in Brachytic2 after spaceflight

C Li, J Tang, Z Hu, J Wang, T Yu, H Yi, M Cao - Plant cell reports, 2020 - Springer
Key message Retrotransposon insertion in Brachytic2 generated a new incomplete
recessive dwarf allele after spaceflight can moderately reduce plant height in heterozygous …

Transcriptional activation of long terminal repeat retrotransposon sequences in the genome of pitaya under abiotic stress

Q Nie, G Qiao, L Peng, X Wen - Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Frequent somatic variations exist in pitaya (Hylocereus undatus) plants grown under abiotic
stress conditions. Long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons can be activated under …

Long terminal repeats (LTR) and transcription factors regulate PHRE1 and PHRE2 activity in Moso bamboo under heat stress

PK Papolu, M Ramakrishnan, Q Wei, KK Vinod… - BMC Plant …, 2021 - Springer
Background LTR retrotransposons play a significant role in plant growth, genome evolution,
and environmental stress response, but their regulatory response to heat stress remains …

The hairless stem phenotype of cotton (Gossypium barbadense) is linked to a copia-like retrotransposon insertion in a homeodomain-leucine zipper gene (HD1)

M Ding, W Ye, L Lin, S He, X Du, A Chen, Y Cao… - Genetics, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Cotton (Gossypium) stem trichomes are mostly single cells that arise from stem epidermal
cells. In this study, a homeodomain-leucine zipper gene (HD1) was found to cosegregate …

Characterization of active transposable elements and their new insertions in tuber propagated greater yam (Dioscorea alata)

SA Panhwar, D Wang, F Lin, Y Wang, M Liu, R Chen… - BMC genomics, 2024 - Springer
Background Greater yam is a key staple crop grown in tropical and subtropical regions,
while its asexual propagation mode had led to non-flowering mutations. How transposable …

Preferential insertion of a Ty1 LTR-retrotransposon into the A sub-genome's HD1 gene significantly correlated with the reduction in stem trichomes of tetraploid cotton

M Tang, X Wu, Y Cao, Y Qin, M Ding, Y Jiang… - Molecular Genetics and …, 2020 - Springer
Stem trichomes and seed fibers originate from epidermal cells and partially share a
regulatory pathway at the molecular level. In Gossypium barbadense, two insertions of a Ty1 …