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Mobile elements: drivers of genome evolution.

Haig H. Kazazian
- 12 Mar 2004 - 
- Vol. 303, Iss: 5664, pp 1626-1632
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Mobile elements within genomes have driven genome evolution in diverse ways and are becoming useful tools for learning more about genome evolution and gene function.
Abstract
Mobile elements within genomes have driven genome evolution in diverse ways. Particularly in plants and mammals, retrotransposons have accumulated to constitute a large fraction of the genome and have shaped both genes and the entire genome. Although the host can often control their numbers, massive expansions of retrotransposons have been tolerated during evolution. Now mobile elements are becoming useful tools for learning more about genome evolution and gene function.

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OUP accepted manuscript

TL;DR: TransposonUltimate as discussed by the authors is a powerful bundle of three modules for transposon classification, annotation, and detection of transposition events, which can be used to detect transposons.
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Plastidic trnFUUC pseudogenes in North American genus Boechera (Brassicaceae): mechanistic aspects of evolution.

TL;DR: The origin and maintenance of a plastidic tandem repeat next to the TRNF (UUC) gene were analyzed in the genus BOECHERA in a phylogenetic context and were compared to published analogous examples that emerged in parallel in the Asteraceae and Juncaceae.
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Molecular Features of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Revealed by Transcriptome Analysis of Oocytes and Cumulus Cells.

TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive analysis of gene expression in oocytes and cumulus cells (CCs) from PCOS patients, including TE expression, revealed the specific molecular features of PCOS.
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A high throughput screen for active human transposable elements.

TL;DR: It is anticipated that future applications of TE-NGS alongside exome sequencing of patients with sporadic disease will reduce the number of unresolved cases, and improve estimates of the contribution of TEs to human genetic disease.
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The regulatory function of piRNA/PIWI complex in cancer and other human diseases: The role of DNA methylation

TL;DR: The potential clinical applications of piRNAs as a new type promising biomarkers for cancer diagnosis, as well as the significance of piRNA/PIWI protein-associated methylation changes in treatment are discussed, providing disparate insights into the potential applications of them.
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