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ArticleMobile genetic elements

Drawing a fine line on endogenous retroelement activity.

Nathaly Castro-Diaz, Marc Friedli, Didier Trono

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Article in Mobile genetic elements. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. On transposons and totipotency.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020
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  3. TDP-43 regulates transcription at protein-coding genes and Alu retrotransposons.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Gene regulatory mechanisms · 2019
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  5. The complexity of TRIM28 contribution to cancer.Journal of biomedical science · 2017
    Review
  6. Retrotransposon Domestication and Control inFrontiers in microbiology · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nathaly Castro-DiazSchool of Life Sciences; École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) ; Lausanne, Switzerland.
Marc FriedliSchool of Life Sciences; École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) ; Lausanne, Switzerland.
Didier TronoSchool of Life Sciences; École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) ; Lausanne, Switzerland.
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endogenous retroelements (EREs) are essential motors of evolution yet require careful control to prevent genomic catastrophes, notably during the vulnerable phases of epigenetic reprogramming that occur immediately after fertilization and in germ cells. Accordingly, a variety of mechanisms restrict these mobile genetic units. Previous studies have revealed the importance of KRAB-containing zinc finger proteins (KRAB-ZFPs) and their cofactor, KAP1, in the early embryonic silencing of endogenous retroviruses and so-called SVAs, but the implication of this transcriptional repression system in the control of LINE-1, the only known active autonomous retrotransposon in the human genome, was thought to be marginal. Two recent studies straighten the record by revealing that the KRAB/KAP system is key to the control of L1 in embryonic stem (ES) cells, and go further in demonstrating that DNA methylation and KRAB/KAP1-induced repression contribute to this process in an evolutionally dynamic fashion. These results shed light on the delicate equilibrium between higher vertebrates and endogenous retroelements, which are not just genetic invaders calling for strict control but rather a constantly renewed and nicely exploitable source of evolutionary potential.

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embryonic stem cellsendogenous retroelementsEREgenome evolutionKAP1KRAB-ZFPs or KRAB-ZNFsLINE-1 or L1retrotransposition

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PMID26442176
PMCPMC4588521
OpenAlexW1587685680

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