Autonomous transposons tune their sequences to ensure somatic suppression
Ilık Ä°, GlaĆŸar P, Tse K, BrĂ€ndl B, Meierhofer D, MĂŒller F, Smith Z, AktaĆ T. Autonomous transposons tune their sequences to ensure somatic suppression. Nature 2024, 626: 1116-1124. PMID: 38355802, PMCID: PMC10901741, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07081-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransposable elementsSAFB proteinsPiwi-interacting RNA pathwayRNA-basedIntronic transposed elementsRNA processing signalsPre-mRNA processingIntronic spaceNested genesPostmeiotic spermatidsAutonomous transposonsDNA transposonsRNA pathwaysCassette exonsSplicing codeSplicing eventsGenome integrityTE exonizationHuman genesL1 elementsRNA synthesisHost genesTissue-specificSAFBSomatic cells