Trim33 Binds and Silences a Class of Young Endogenous Retroviruses in the Mouse Testis; a Novel Component of the Arms Race between Retrotransposons and the Host Genome.

Transposable elements (TEs) have been active in the mammalian genome for millions of years and the silencing of these elements in the germline is important for the survival of the host. Mice carrying reporter transgenes can be used to model transcriptional silencing. A mutagenesis screen for modifie...

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Main Authors: Luke Isbel, Rahul Srivastava, Harald Oey, Alex Spurling, Lucia Daxinger, Hamsa Puthalakath, Emma Whitelaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-12-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4666613?pdf=render