Endogenous Retroviruses Walk a Fine Line between Priming and Silencing
Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) in mammals are closely related to infectious retroviruses and utilize host tRNAs as a primer for reverse transcription and replication, a hallmark of long terminal repeat (LTR) retroelements. Their dependency on tRNA makes these elements vulnerable to targeting by smal...
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MDPI AG
2020-07-01
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| 在线阅读: | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/8/792 |