Retrotransposons in pluripotent stem cells

Abstract Transposable elements constitute about half of the mammalian genome, and can be divided into two classes: the class I (retrotransposons) and the class II (DNA transposons). A few hundred types of retrotransposons, which are dynamic and stage specific, have been annotated. The copy numbers a...

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Main Authors: Jingwen Wang, Junjiu Huang, Guang Shi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-06-01
Series:Cell Regeneration
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13619-020-00046-4