Publications:
Arabidopsis Tag1 Transposon:

Galli, Mary, A. Theriault, D. Liu and N.M. Crawford (2003) Expression of the Arabidosis Transposable Element Tag1 Is targeted to Developing Gametophytes. Genetics Society of America (Aug. 2003)
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Mack, A.M. and N.M. Crawford (2001) The Arabidopsis TAG1 transposase has an N-terminal, zinc finger, DNA binding domain that recognizes distinct subterminal motifs. Plant Cell, 13: 2319–2331.
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Liu, D., R. Wang, M. Galli and N.M. Crawford (2001) Somatic and germinal excision activities of the Arabidopsis transposon Tag1 are controlled by distinct regulatory sequences within Tag1. Plant Cell, 13: 1851–1863.
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Liu, D., M. Galli, N.M. Crawford (2001) Engineering variegated floral patterns in tobacco plants using the Arabidopsis transposable element Tag1. Plant Cell Physiology, 42: 419-423.
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Liu, D., A. Mack, R. Wang, J. Belk, N.I. Ketpur and N.M. Crawford (2001) Functional dissection of the cis-acting sequences of the Arabidopsis transposable element Tag1 reveals dissimilar subterminal sequence and minimal spacing requirements for transposition.  Genetics, 157: 817-830.
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Liu, D., S. Zhang, C. Fauquet and N.M. Crawford (1999) The Arabidopsis transposon Tag1 is active in rice, undergoing germinal transposition and restricted, late somatic excision. Mol. Gen. Genet., 262: 413-420.
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Liu, D. and N.M. Crawford (1998) Characterization of the putative transposase mRNA of Tag1, which is ubiquitously expressed in Arabidopsis and can be induced by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation with dTag1 DNA. Genetics, 149: 693-701.
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Frank, M.J., D. Preuss, A. Mack, T.C. Kuhlmann and N.M. Crawford (1998) The Arabidopsis transposable element Tag1 is widely distributed among Arabidopsis ecotypes.  Mol. Gen. Genet., 257: 478-484.
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Bhatt, A.M., C. Lister, N. Crawford and C. Dean (1998) The transpostion frequency of Tag1 elements is increased in transgenic Arabidopsis lines.  Plant Cell, 10: 427-434.
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Liu, D. and N.M. Crawford (1998) Characterization of the germinal and somatic activity of the Arabidopsis transposable element Tag1. Genetics, 148: 445-456.
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Frank, M.J., D. Liu, Y.-F. Tsay, C. Ustach and N.M. Crawford (1997) Tag1 is an autonomous transposable element that shows somatic excision in both Arabidopsis and tobacco. Plant Cell, 9: 1745-1756.
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Tsay, Y.-F., M.J. Frank, T. Page, C. Dean and N.M. Crawford. (1993).  Identification of a mobile endogenous transposon in Arabidopsis thaliana.  Science, 260: 342-344.
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