#transposons

Turnover of retroelements and satellite DNA drives centromere reorganization over short evolutionary timescales in Drosophila.

#Transposons #Retrotransposons #SatelliteDNA #Centromeres #Drosphila

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002911

Protein-free catalysis of DNA hydrolysis and self-integration by a ribozyme.

#Group2Introns #Transposons #Retrotransposons #Ribozymes #ReverseSplicing #RNAworld

https://academic.oup.com/nar/article/53/2/gkae1224/7928520

Relaxed DNA substrate specificity of transposases involved in programmed genome rearrangement.

#Transposons #Tc1Mariner #TelomereBearingElements #Oxytricha_trifallax #Transposase #Genomics #Preprint

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.17.643836v1.full

Naturally occurring variation in gene-associated transposable elements impacts gene expression and phenotypic diversity in woodland strawberry.
#Transposons #MITEs #WoodlandStrawberry #Fragariavesca #PlantScience #Preprint
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.20.644342v1

Double-stranded DNA viruses may serve as vectors for horizontal transfer of intron-generating transposons.
#Transposons #Introners #Introns #dsDNAviruses #HorizontalGeneTransfer #Dinoflagellates #Preprint
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.18.643946v1

Marine vs. terrestrial: links between the environment and the diversity of Copia retrotransposon in metazoans.
#Transposons #Retrotransposons #Ty1Copia #Metazoans
https://mobilednajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13100-025-00346-z

Direct cell-to-cell transmission of retrotransposons.
#Transposons #Retrotransposons #LRTs #Ty3Gypsy #Germline #Drosophila #Preprint
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.14.642691v2

Structural mechanism of LINE-1 target-primed reverse transcription.
#Transposons #Retrotransposons #LINE1 #ReverseTranscription #CryoEM
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads8412

Genetic basis of camouflage in an alpine plant and its long-term co-evolution with an insect herbivore.
#Transposons #MITEs #Anthocyanin #Coevolution
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02653-3

The genome awakens: transposon-mediated gene regulation.
#Transposons #MITEs #GeneExpression #Review
https://www.cell.com/trends/plant-science/fulltext/S1360-1385(25)00039-1

The latent cis-regulatory potential of mobile DNA.
#Transposons #InsertionSequences #IS3 #Ecoli #Promoters #Preprint
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.22.563463v2

#Bacterial ' #jumping_genes' can target and control #chromosome ends.

#transposons #telomeres #Streptomyces #genomes

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-bacterial-genes-chromosome.html

#Duckweed found to differentially mark old and new #transposons without #DNA #methylation .

#Spirodela #epigenetic #small_RNA

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-duckweed-differentially-transposons-dna-methylation.html

In-cell structure and snapshots of copia retrotransposons in intact tissue by cryoelectron tomography
#Transposons #Retrotransposons #Ty1Copia #VLP #CryoET #Drosophila
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00159-X

Transposable elements may enhance antiviral resistance in HIV-1 elite controllers.
#HIV-1 #Transposons #EliteControllers #KZFN
https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-025-03484-y

An atlas of transcription initiation reveals regulatory principles of gene and transposable element expression in early mammalian development.
#EmbrionicGenomeActivation #TranscriptionStartSites #Transposons #Mammals
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)01426-0

How #plants remember #stress without a brain

#epigenetics #transposons #immune #response #Immune_priming #soil #allelopathy

https://theconversation.com/how-plants-are-able-to-remember-stress-without-a-brain-246615

#Transposons are parasitic genetic elements that act as raw material for evolution of new functions. @BrianKelch &co show that the capsid of the #virus-derived retrotransposon Copia mediates synaptic plasticity at the #Drosophila neuromuscular junction #plosbiology https://plos.io/3X71IDa

#Data-driven techniques enhance understanding of #cell division.

#mitosis #transposons #Telomeres #chromatin

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-driven-techniques-cell-division.html

Harnessing eukaryotic retroelement proteins for transgene insertion into human safe-harbor loci.
#GeneEditing #Transposons #R2 #Retroelements
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-024-02137-y