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Cryptic genetic variation enhances primate L1 retrotransposon survival by enlarging the functional coiled coil sequence space of ORF1p.
PLoS genetics - 1 Aug 2020
Furano Anthony V, Jones Charlie E, Periwal Vipul, Callahan Kathryn E, Walser Jean-Claude, Cook Pamela R
Abstract excerpt
Accounting for continual evolution of deleterious L1 retrotransposon families, which can contain hundreds to thousands of members remains a major issue in mammalian biology. L1 activity generated upwards of 40% of some mammalian genomes, including humans where they remain active, causing genetic defects and rearrangements. L1 encodes a coiled coil-containing protein that is essential for retrotransposition, and...
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