Penelope retroelements from Drosophila virilis are active after transformation of Drosophila melanogaster

The Penelope family of retroelements was first described in species of the Drosophila virilis group. Intact elements encode a reverse transcriptase and an endonuclease of the UvrC type, which may play a role in Penelope integration. Penelope is a key element in the induction of D. virilis hybrid dys...

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Main Authors: Pyatkov, Konstantin I., Shostak, Natalia G., Zelentsova, Elena S., Lyozin, George T., Melekhin, Michael I., Finnegan, David J., Kidwell, Margaret G., Evgen'ev, Michael B.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2002
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Biological Sciences
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC138580/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12451171
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.252641799
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