Transposable elements (TEs) are a prolific source of tightly regulated, biochemically active
non-coding elements, such as transcription factor-binding sites and non-coding RNAs. Many …

Do long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) contribute little or substantively to human biology? To
address how lncRNA loci and their transcripts, structures, interactions, and functions …

Retroviruses infect a broad range of vertebrate hosts that includes amphibians, reptiles, fish,
birds and mammals. In addition, a typical vertebrate genome contains thousands of loci …

With the completion of the human genome sequence, attention turned to identifying and
annotating its functional DNA elements. As a complement to genetic and comparative …

Interspersed repetitions called transposable elements (TEs), commonly referred to as mobile
elements, make up a significant portion of the genomes of higher animals. TEs contribute in …

The genomes of large multicellular eukaryotes are mostly comprised of non-protein coding
DNA. Although there has been much agreement that a small fraction of these genomes has …

Transposable elements (TEs) account for a large portion of the genome in many eukaryotic
species. Despite their reputation as “junk” DNA or genomic parasites deleterious for the …

Transposable elements (TEs) are the key players in generating genomic novelty by a
combination of the chromosome rearrangements they cause and the genes that come under …

The life cycle of endogenous retroviruses (ERVs), also called long terminal repeat (LTR)
retrotransposons, begins with transcription by RNA polymerase II followed by reverse …

Multicellular eukaryotic genomes show enormous differences in size. A substantial part of
this variation is due to the presence of transposable elements (TEs). They contribute …