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ReviewGenes & development2019

Host-transposon interactions: conflict, cooperation, and cooption.

Rachel L Cosby, Ni-Chen Chang, Cédric Feschotte

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Review in Genes & development, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 174 papers.

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174citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

174 citing papers in PubMed, 318 citations in OpenAlex.

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114 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rachel L CosbyDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
Ni-Chen ChangDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
Cédric FeschotteDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
Cornell University · US

Funding

Genomic and Physiological Impact of Transposable Elements.R35GM122550 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI Cedric Feschotte · 2017 to 2026
$4.4M
Connecting transposable elements and regulatory innovation using ENCODE dataU01HG009391 · NHGRI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI COHEN, BARAK A, FESCHOTTE, CEDRIC · 2017 to 2021
$2.4M
Endogenous Retroviruses Co-Opted for Immune DefensesR01GM112972 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI FESCHOTTE, CEDRIC · 2015 to 2017
$804k
NHGRI NIH HHS U01 HG009391NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM112972NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122550
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile DNA sequences that colonize genomes and threaten genome integrity. As a result, several mechanisms appear to have emerged during eukaryotic evolution to suppress TE activity. However, TEs are ubiquitous and account for a prominent fraction of most eukaryotic genomes. We argue that the evolutionary success of TEs cannot be explained solely by evasion from host control mechanisms. Rather, some TEs have evolved commensal and even mutualistic strategies that mitigate the cost of their propagation. These coevolutionary processes promote the emergence of complex cellular activities, which in turn pave the way for cooption of TE sequences for organismal function.

Indexed as

Biological EvolutionAdaptation, PhysiologicalAnimalsDNA Transposable ElementsEukaryotaGenomeHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansDNA Transposable Elementsfetrotransposonsgene regulationgenomicsKRAB zinc fingerpiRNAtransposable elements

Identifiers

PMID31481535
PMCPMC6719617
OpenAlexW2971975420

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