BARE retrotransposons are translated and replicated via distinct RNA pools.

The replication of Long Terminal Repeat (LTR) retrotransposons, which can constitute over 80% of higher plant genomes, resembles that of retroviruses. A major question for retrotransposons and retroviruses is how the two conflicting roles of their transcripts, in translation and reverse transcriptio...

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Main Authors: Wei Chang, Marko Jääskeläinen, Song-ping Li, Alan H Schulman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3735527?pdf=render