Eukaryotes are engaged in a constant struggle against transposable elements, which have
invaded and profoundly shaped their genomes. Over the past decade, a growing body of …

Eukaryotic organisms have dynamic genomes, with transposable elements (TEs) as a major
contributing factor. Although the large autonomous TEs can significantly shape genomic …

The epigenetic activity of transposable elements (TEs) can influence the regulation of genes;
though, this regulation is confined to the genes, promoters, and enhancers that neighbor the …

A 65-bp “core” sequence is dispersed in hundreds of thousands copies in the human
genome. This sequence was found to constitute the central segment of a group of short …

Transposable elements (TEs) are major components of eukaryotic genomes. However, the
extent of their impact on genome evolution, function, and disease remain a matter of intense …

Transposable elements (TEs) are increasingly being recognized as powerful facilitators of
evolution. We propose the TE-Thrust hypothesis to encompass TE-facilitated processes by …

Comparative genomics has revealed that major vertebrate lineages contain quantitatively
and qualitatively different populations of retrotransposable elements and DNA transposons …

The sequence domains underlying long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) activities, including their
characteristic nuclear enrichment, remain largely unknown. It has been proposed that these …

Drosophila Piwi-family proteins have been implicated in transposon control. Here, we
examine piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) associated with each Drosophila Piwi protein and …

Short interspersed elements (SINEs) are one of the two most prolific mobile genomic
elements in most of the higher eukaryotes. Although their biology is still not thoroughly …