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REM1, a new type of long terminal repeat retrotransposon in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Dec 2005
Pérez-Alegre Mónica, Dubus Alain, Fernández Emilio
Abstract excerpt
A new long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposon, named REM1, has been identified in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. It was found in low copy number, highly methylated, and with an inducible transpositional activity. This retrotransposon is phylogenetically related to Ty3-gypsy LTR retrotransposons and possesses new and unusual structural features. A regulatory module, ORF3p, is present in an inverse...
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