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N Zingler1, O Weichenrieder, G G Schumann.
Abstract
Non-long terminal repeat (Non-LTR) retrotransposons represent a diverse and widely distributed group of transposable elements and an almost ubiquitous component of eukaryotic genomes that has a major impact on evolution. Their copy number can range from a few to several million and they often make up a significant fraction of the genomes. The members of the dominating subtype of non-LTR retrotransposons code for an endonuclease with homology to apurinic/apyrimidinic endonucleases (APE), and are thus termed APE-type non-LTR retrotransposons. In the last decade both the number of identified non-LTR retrotransposons and our knowledge of biology and evolution of APE-type non-LTR retrotransposons has increased tremendously.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16093679 DOI: 10.1159/000084959
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cytogenet Genome Res ISSN: 1424-8581 Impact factor: 1.636