Transposable elements are mobile small repetitive DNA sequences that play key roles in gene regulation and genome structure and are regarded as important drivers of genetic diversity in plants.

Transposable elements (TEs) significantly impact plant genome structure and function. This study examines the distribution, activity, and expression patterns of TEs across 14 Rosaceae species.

Study uncovers how transposable elements in Alzheimer's-affected brains could hold the key to new therapeutic approaches, as scientists uncover the genetic links behind these molecular disruptions.

Once dismissed as “junk” DNA, ancient viruses embedded in the human genome play a key role in early human development, ...

Transposable elements, remnants of ancient viral DNA, are reactivated during the first hours and days following fertilization. This dynamic period of early development sees embryonic cells ...

An international team of scientists a family genome sequences known as “transposable elements,” and found they play a vital role in gene expression.

A good portion of human DNA is what scientists refer to as "junk" -- stuff left over from ancient viruses and such. But maybe ...

ERVs and LINE1 elements were recurrently identified, making up 97 – 100% of the activated TEs. Conclusions: Transposable element transcription altered by ATRX loss in sarcoma and GBM creates a ...

Keith Slotkin, PhD, first became interested in transposable elements (TE), colloquially known as “jumping genes,” as an undergraduate student. “They just broke all the rules,” he said in ...

In a review published in Blood Cancer Journal, members of the Deniz Lab bring together current knowledge on the roles of transposable elements in normal and malignant haematopoiesis. The article, ...

Heterochromatin, sometimes referred to as the dark side of the genome, contains a myriad of transposable elements (TEs) – dangerous units of DNA. TEs normally remain silent in heterochromatin, but ...