An international research team led by Freiburg biologists Dr. Wenjing Qi and Prof. Ralf Baumeister has discovered how the LINE1 retrotransposon ...

An international research team has deciphered a mechanism of the evolutionary arms race in human cells. The findings provide ...

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So it was surprising to find that the linkurl:retrotransposon-mediated;http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/22857/ duplication led to an overexpression of the sun gene, which the authors ...

Researchers have known that retrotransposon insertion in the centromere has contributed to this variation and rapid evolution. However, the mechanisms of insertion have not been known.

Researchers have known that retrotransposon insertion in the centromere has contributed to this variation and rapid evolution. However, the mechanisms of insertion have not been known.

This research highlights the importance of retrotransposon-derived DNA zip codes in myeloma cell biology and their interactions with the tumor microenvironment.

This research highlights the importance of retrotransposon-derived DNA zip codes in myeloma cell biology and their interactions with the tumor microenvironment.

The Long Interspersed Element-1 (LINE-1) retrotransposon is an ‘ancient genetic parasite’ that has written around one third of the human genome through a ‘copy-and-paste’ mechanism.

Like its viral cousins, a somewhat parasitic DNA sequence called a retrotransposon has been found borrowing the cell's own machinery to achieve its goals.