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Identification of autonomous IAP LTR retrotransposons mobile in mammalian cells.
Nature genetics - 1 May 2004
Dewannieux Marie, Dupressoir Anne, Harper Francis, Pierron Gérard, Heidmann Thierry
Abstract excerpt
Mammalian genomes contain two main classes of retrotransposons, the well-characterized long and short interspersed nuclear elements, which account for approximately 30% of the genome, and the long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons, which resemble the proviral integrated form of retroviruses, except for the absence of an envelope gene in some cases. Genetic studies confirmed mobility of the latter class of...
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