'Jumping gene' caught in the act: Advanced imaging provides new insights into retrotransposons

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Mar 5, 2025, 2:01 pm832 ptsInterestingTop
An arms race is unfolding in our cells: Transposons, also known as jumping genes or mobile genetic elements as they can replicate and reinsert themselves in the genome, threaten the cell's genome integrity by triggering DNA rearrangements and causing mutations. Host cells, in turn, protect their genome using…

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'Jumping gene' caught in the act: Advanced imaging provides new insights into retrotransposons

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