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SUBMITTER: Mita P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5821460 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mita Paolo P Wudzinska Aleksandra A Sun Xiaoji X Andrade Joshua J Nayak Shruti S Kahler David J DJ Badri Sana S LaCava John J Ueberheide Beatrix B Yun Chi Y CY Fenyö David D Boeke Jef D JD
eLife 20180108
LINE-1/L1 retrotransposon sequences comprise 17% of the human genome. Among the many classes of mobile genetic elements, L1 is the only autonomous retrotransposon that still drives human genomic plasticity today. Through its co-evolution with the human genome, L1 has intertwined itself with host cell biology. However, a clear understanding of L1's lifecycle and the processes involved in restricting its insertion and intragenomic spread remains elusive. Here we identify modes of L1 proteins' entr ...[more]