Supplementary Figure 7: Sequence conservation among Mutator transposable elements.
From: The maize W22 genome provides a foundation for functional genomics and transposon biology
a, Diagram of a Mutator transposable element. The highly conserved terminal inverted repeats (TIRs) can be used to identify Mu elements and to categorize them based on phylogenetic groups. b, Alignment of consensus sequences for each of the seven Mu TIR groups. Highlighted nucleotides indicate disagreements with the overall consensus sequence. The terminal 20 positions are the most conserved across TIR groups. The predicted transposase-binding site (from position 34 to 68) is also highly conserved (57%) across the seven groups.
