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Identification of diversity-generating retroelements in host-associated and environmental genomes: prevalence, diversity, and roles.
BMC genomics - 20 Dec 2024
Carrasco-Villanueva Mariela, Wang Chaoxian, Wei Chaochun
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BACKGROUND: The diversity-generating retroelements (DGRs) are a family of genetic elements that can produce mutations in target genes often related to ligand-binding functions, which possess a C-type lectin (CLec) domain that tolerates massive variations. They were first identified in viruses, then in bacteria and archaea from human-associated and environmental genomes. This DGR mechanism represents a fast...
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