Evolution of diverse mechanisms for protecting chromosome ends by the Drosophila TART telomere retrotransposons

The retrotransposons HeT-A, TART, and TAHRE, which maintain Drosophila telomeres, transpose specifically onto chromosome ends to form long arrays that extend the chromosome and compensate for terminal loss. Because they transpose by target-primed reverse transcription, each element is oriented so th...

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Main Authors: George, Janet A., Traverse, Karen L., Kelley, Kerry, Pardue, Mary-Lou, DeBaryshe, P. G.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64457
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4448-0785