KRAB zinc finger proteins

G Ecco, M Imbeault, D Trono - Development, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
Krüppel-associated box domain zinc finger proteins (KRAB-ZFPs) are the largest family of
transcriptional regulators in higher vertebrates. Characterized by an N-terminal KRAB …

Silencing and transcriptional regulation of endogenous retroviruses: an overview

FK Geis, SP Goff - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Almost half of the human genome is made up of transposable elements (TEs), and about 8%
consists of endogenous retroviruses (ERVs). ERVs are remnants of ancient exogenous …

Inhibiting DNA methylation causes an interferon response in cancer via dsRNA including endogenous retroviruses

KB Chiappinelli, PL Strissel, A Desrichard, H Li… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
We show that DNA methyltransferase inhibitors (DNMTis) upregulate immune signaling in
cancer through the viral defense pathway. In ovarian cancer (OC), DNMTis trigger cytosolic …

Landscape of somatic retrotransposition in human cancers

E Lee, R Iskow, L Yang, O Gokcumen, P Haseley… - Science, 2012 - science.org
Transposable elements (TEs) are abundant in the human genome, and some are capable of
generating new insertions through RNA intermediates. In cancer, the disruption of cellular …

Endogenous viruses: insights into viral evolution and impact on host biology

C Feschotte, C Gilbert - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2012 - nature.com
Recent studies have uncovered myriad viral sequences that are integrated
or'endogenized'in the genomes of various eukaryotes. Surprisingly, it appears that not just …

KAP1 controls endogenous retroviruses in embryonic stem cells

HM Rowe, J Jakobsson, D Mesnard, J Rougemont… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
More than forty per cent of the mammalian genome is derived from retroelements, of which
about one-quarter are endogenous retroviruses (ERVs). Some are still active, notably in …

Dynamic interactions between transposable elements and their hosts

HL Levin, JV Moran - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2011 - nature.com
Transposable elements (TEs) have a unique ability to mobilize to new genomic locations,
and the major advance of second-generation DNA sequencing has provided insights into …

The good viruses: viral mutualistic symbioses

MJ Roossinck - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2011 - nature.com
Although viruses are most often studied as pathogens, many are beneficial to their hosts,
providing essential functions in some cases and conditionally beneficial functions in others …

Histone H3. 3 is required for endogenous retroviral element silencing in embryonic stem cells

SJ Elsässer, KM Noh, N Diaz, CD Allis, LA Banaszynski - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Transposable elements comprise roughly 40% of mammalian genomes. They have an
active role in genetic variation, adaptation and evolution through the duplication or deletion …

Baculovirus molecular biology

GF Rohrmann - 2019 - ir.library.oregonstate.edu
This is the 4th edition of a book that was initiated with the annotation of the function of all the
genes in the most commonly studied baculovirus, AcMNPV. It has been almost six years …