Article
Characterization of LINE-1 ribonucleoprotein particles.
PLoS genetics - 7 Oct 2010
Doucet Aurélien J, Hulme Amy E, Sahinovic Elodie, Kulpa Deanna A, Moldovan John B, Kopera Huira C, Athanikar Jyoti N, Hasnaoui Manel, Bucheton Alain, Moran John V, Gilbert Nicolas
Abstract excerpt
The average human genome contains a small cohort of active L1 retrotransposons that encode two proteins (ORF1p and ORF2p) required for their mobility (i.e., retrotransposition). Prior studies demonstrated that human ORF1p, L1 RNA, and an ORF2p-encoded reverse transcriptase activity are present in ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes. However, the inability to physically detect ORF2p from engineered human L1...
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