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Abstract
Elements that are transcribed into RNA, reverse-transcribed into DNA and then inserted into a new site in the genome. Long terminal repeats (LTRs) similar to those from retroviruses are contained in retrotransposons and retrovirus-like elements. Retroposons, such as LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS and SHORT INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS do not contain LTRs.
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- Retroelement
- MDG1 Retrotransposons
- Mobile Dispersed Genetic Elements
- Retroposons
- Retrotransposons
- Retrovirus-like Elements
- Ty1 Transposon
- Element, Retrovirus-like
- Elements, Retrovirus-like
- MDG1 Retrotransposon
- Retroposon
- Retrotransposon
- Retrotransposon, MDG1
- Retrotransposons, MDG1
- Retrovirus like Elements
- Retrovirus-like Element
- Transposon, Ty1
- Transposons, Ty1
- Ty1 Transposons
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Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, ethics, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.
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99(95); for MOBILE DISPERSED GENETIC ELEMENTS use DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS 1982-98; for TY1 TRANSPOSON use DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS 1988-98
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- DNA Insertion Elements (1985-1994)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Retroelements. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018626. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018626
- Retroelements. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrotransposon
- Retroelements. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413988