Figure 1. Retrotransposons Have Been Co-Opted to Act as Enhancers in the Mammalian Genome (IMAGE)

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Figure 1. Retrotransposons Have Been Co-Opted to Act as Enhancers in the Mammalian Genome

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Transposable elements known as retrotransposons duplicate themselves via a copy-and-paste mechanism. Tens of thousands of these sequences were found to contain binding sites for proteins that act as master regulators of mammary gland development.

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