The role of retrotransposable elements in ageing and age-associated diseases

V Gorbunova, A Seluanov, P Mita, W McKerrow… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The genomes of virtually all organisms contain repetitive sequences that are generated by
the activity of transposable elements (transposons). Transposons are mobile genetic …

A field guide to eukaryotic transposable elements

JN Wells, C Feschotte - Annual review of genetics, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile DNA sequences that propagate within genomes.
Through diverse invasion strategies, TEs have come to occupy a substantial fraction of …

Haplotype-resolved diverse human genomes and integrated analysis of structural variation

P Ebert, PA Audano, Q Zhu, B Rodriguez-Martin… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The characterization of the full spectrum of genetic variation is critical to
understanding human health and disease. Recent technological advances have made it …

Reverse-transcribed SARS-CoV-2 RNA can integrate into the genome of cultured human cells and can be expressed in patient-derived tissues

L Zhang, A Richards, MI Barrasa… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Prolonged detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
RNA and recurrence of PCR-positive tests have been widely reported in patients after …

Homotypic clustering of L1 and B1/Alu repeats compartmentalizes the 3D genome

JY Lu, L Chang, T Li, T Wang, Y Yin, G Zhan, X Han… - Cell research, 2021 - nature.com
Organization of the genome into euchromatin and heterochromatin appears to be
evolutionarily conserved and relatively stable during lineage differentiation. In an effort to …

Frequency and mechanisms of LINE-1 retrotransposon insertions at CRISPR/Cas9 sites

J Tao, Q Wang, C Mendez-Dorantes, KH Burns… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing has revolutionized experimental molecular biology
and entered the clinical world for targeted gene therapy. Identifying DNA modifications …

Template and target-site recognition by human LINE-1 in retrotransposition

A Thawani, AJF Ariza, E Nogales, K Collins - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The long interspersed element-1 (LINE-1, hereafter L1) retrotransposon has generated
nearly one-third of the human genome and serves as an active source of genetic diversity …

Transposable elements, inflammation, and neurological disease

A Saleh, A Macia, AR Muotri - Frontiers in neurology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Transposable Elements (TE) are mobile DNA elements that can replicate and insert
themselves into different locations within the host genome. Their propensity to self …

Asymmetric distribution of parental H3K9me3 in S phase silences L1 elements

Z Li, S Duan, X Hua, X Xu, Y Li, D Menolfi, H Zhou… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
In eukaryotes, repetitive DNA sequences are transcriptionally silenced through histone H3
lysine 9 trimethylation (H3K9me3). Loss of silencing of the repeat elements leads to genome …

LINE-1 retrotransposition and its deregulation in cancers: implications for therapeutic opportunities

C Mendez-Dorantes, KH Burns - Genes & development, 2023 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Abstract Long interspersed element 1 (LINE-1) is the only protein-coding transposon that is
active in humans. LINE-1 propagates in the genome using RNA intermediates via …