▪ Abstract Retrotransposons are mobile genetic elements that transpose through reverse
transcription of an RNA intermediate. Retrotransposons are ubiquitous in plants and play a …

Drosophila has been studied as a biological model for many years and many discoveries in
biology rely on this species. Research on transposable elements (TEs) is not an exception …

R2 is a non-LTR retrotransposable element that inserts at a specific site in the 28s rRNA
genes of most insects. We have expressed the open reading frame of the R2 element from …

To study the evolutionary relationship of reverse transcriptase (RT) containing genetic
elements, a phylogenetic tree of 82 retroelements from animals, plants, protozoans and …

Four consensus sequences are conserved with the same linear arrangement in RNA‐
dependent DNA polymerases encoded by retroid elements and in RNA‐dependent RNA …

Filamentous fungi produce a diverse array of secondary metabolites (SMs) critical for
defense, virulence, and communication. The metabolic pathways that produce SMs are …

Transposable elements can be identified by their ability to induce mutant alleles at new loci.
The retrotransposon family is thought to transpose through an RNA intermediate and has …

The entire DNA sequence of chromosome III of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has
been determined. This is the first complete sequence analysis of an entire chromosome from …

A number of abundant mobile genetic elements called retrotransposons reverse transcribe
RNA to generate DNA for insertion into eukaryotic genomes. Four major classes of …

Retroviruses are a family of widespread small animal viruses about 110 nm in diameter,
composed of an inner core surrounded by an outer envelope formed of a lipid bilayer of …