The analysis of unstable kernel phenotypes in maize led to the discovery and characterization of active class 2 DNA transposable elements (TEs). These active elements are a very small fraction of ...

作为一种关键的研究领域，转座因子（transposable element，也称为转座子）是可以改变在基因组中的位置产生或逆转突变，从而改变细胞的遗传特性的 ...

Until recently, little was known about how transposable elements contribute to gene regulation. These are little pieces of DNA that can replicate themselves and spread out in the genome.

Heterochromatin contains tens of thousands of units of dangerous DNA, known as transposable elements (TEs). In normal cells, TEs remain silently buried in heterochromatin, but under many ...

In healthy cells, transposable elements (TEs) are typically inactivated by methylation. But in cancer cells, these elements can become demethylated, enabling them to be expressed (1). Some ...

Transposable elements are also called selfish DNA parasites because they spread through their hosts, such as humans, animals, plants as well as bacteria and, thus, provide for their own survival.

Researchers from UNSW Sydney have discovered that a particular transposable element, or jumping gene, in the genome has a profound effect on the immune response to virus infection. The findings in ...

Study uncovers how transposable elements in Alzheimer's-affected brains could hold the key to new therapeutic approaches, as scientists uncover the genetic links behind these molecular disruptions.

More than a century later, scientists discovered that the genetic tweak underscoring the moths’ dark pigmentation was a transposable element (TE). TEs, also called transposons or jumping genes, are ...

Dr. Cheng hypothesized that latent HSV-1 infections could trigger Alzheimer's disease by directly activating the transposable elements the Cheng Lab had previously connected to disease progression ...