LINE-1 ORF1p does not determine substrate preference for human/orangutan SVA and gibbon LAVA
Abstract Background Non-autonomous VNTR (Variable Number of Tandem Repeats) composite retrotransposons – SVA (SINE-R-VNTR-Alu) and LAVA (L1-Alu-VNTR-Alu) – are specific to hominoid primates. SVA expanded in great apes, LAVA in gibbon. Both SVA and LAVA have been shown to be mobilized by the autonomo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-07-01
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| Series: | Mobile DNA |
| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13100-020-00222-y |