MECHANISM. “Some silenced TEs are inactive because they have mutations that affect their ability to move from one chromosomal location to another; others are perfectly intact and capable of moving but are kept inactive by epigenetic defense mechanisms such as DNA methylation, chromatin remodeling, and miRNAs.”
http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/transposons-the-jumping-genes-518
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022