We propose that silencing of retrotransposons occurs by cosuppression during early embryogenesis, but that this process is imperfect and produces a mosaic pattern of retrotransposon expression in ...

For the first time, researchers have captured a retrotransposon in action within a living cell. By refining Cryo-Electron Tomography (cryo-ET) techniques, scientists imaged the retrotransposon ...

Inflammasomes are huge, multi-protein complexes inside cells that spark inflammation when they sense danger. Inflammasomes can also sound the alarm when no pathogens are present, contributing to ...

Since their emergence more than 100 million years ago, retrotransposons have been enormously successful. Modern mammalian genomes, for example, are riddled with the scars of these copy-and-paste ...

Following translation, reverse transcriptase converts the retrotransposon RNA into double-stranded DNA. This DNA copy of the retrotransposon then integrates, at a new location, into the genome of ...

We have carried out pioneering work on the development and application of retrotransposon markers in barley, in an EU project with the major European groups who are developing them for other crops.