Much ado about zero.

Boeke, Jef D; Fenyo, David · Cell · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

LINE retrotransposons actively shape mammalian genomes. Denli et al. reveal a new open reading frame, ORF0, on the antisense strand of human LINE-1 encoding a small regulatory protein. This finding may represent the birth of an emerging retrotransposon gene that can adopt various fates, as it can be fused to adjacent host sequences.

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