The Wide Distribution and Change of Target Specificity of R2 Non-LTR Retrotransposons in Animals.

Transposons, or transposable elements, are the major components of genomes in most eukaryotes. Some groups of transposons have developed target specificity that limits the integration sites to a specific nonessential sequence or a genomic region to avoid gene disruption caused by insertion into an e...

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Main Authors: Kenji K Kojima, Yosuke Seto, Haruhiko Fujiwara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5035012?pdf=render