Sentences with word «retroelement»

But for me at least it is for the most part deep time inasmuch as nowadays I am far more focused on issues related to climatology and fascinated by issues related to evolution and the role of retroelements in the evolution of life.

«Our findings support the hypothesis that L1 retroelements, perhaps along with other virus - derived genomic elements, may contribute to the development of autoimmune disorders characterized by high levels of type 1 interferon,» she said.

Further investigation revealed another unexpected finding: a diversity - generating retroelement that greatly accelerates mutation of a specific section of the viral genome.

Consistent with the hypothesis that rice centromere 8 is a relatively new centromere, the amount of CentO it contains is small and sequence analysis of the LTRs of the CRR - class retroelements shows that they have recently inserted into the region.

Preferential integration into 5» non-coding regions is also observed with the yeast Ty1 transposon and other retroelements in studies analyzing inactivated genes (31).

Yasunori Aizawa, Tokyo Institute of Technology Synthetic Screening for Essential Introns and Retroelements in Human and Animal Cells (10 minutes)

For their study, HSS researchers hypothesized that the abnormal expression of genetic elements known as LINE - 1 (L1) retroelements might trigger an innate immune response similar to that produced by outside viruses and contribute to an overproduction of interferons.

Retroelements, structural RNAs, and gene family expansion are often associated with syntenic discontinuities that - along with gene divergence, acquisition and loss, and rearrangement within the syntenic regions - have shaped the genomes of each parasite.