Retroelements containing introns in diverse invertebrate taxa - PubMed (original) (raw)
doi: 10.1038/ng1074. Epub 2003 Jan 13.
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- DOI: 10.1038/ng1074
Retroelements containing introns in diverse invertebrate taxa
Irina R Arkhipova et al. Nat Genet. 2003 Feb.
Abstract
We report that two structurally similar transposable elements containing reverse transcriptase (RT), Penelope in Drosophila virilis and Athena in bdelloid rotifers, have proliferated as copies containing introns. The ability of Penelope-like elements (PLEs) to retain introns, their separate phylogenetic placement and their peculiar structural features make them a novel class of eukaryotic retroelements.
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