Search anything and hit enter
  • Teams
  • Members
  • Projects
  • Events
  • Calls
  • Jobs
  • publications
  • Software
  • Tools
  • Network
  • Equipment

A little guide for advanced search:

  • Tip 1. You can use quotes "" to search for an exact expression.
    Example: "cell division"
  • Tip 2. You can use + symbol to restrict results containing all words.
    Example: +cell +stem
  • Tip 3. You can use + and - symbols to force inclusion or exclusion of specific words.
    Example: +cell -stem
e.g. searching for members in projects tagged cancer
Search for
Count
IN
OUT
Content 1
  • member
  • team
  • department
  • center
  • program_project
  • nrc
  • whocc
  • project
  • software
  • tool
  • patent
  • Administrative Staff
  • Assistant Professor
  • Associate Professor
  • Clinical Research Assistant
  • Clinical Research Nurse
  • Clinician Researcher
  • Department Manager
  • Dual-education Student
  • Full Professor
  • Honorary Professor
  • Lab assistant
  • Master Student
  • Non-permanent Researcher
  • Nursing Staff
  • Permanent Researcher
  • Pharmacist
  • PhD Student
  • Physician
  • Post-doc
  • Prize
  • Project Manager
  • Research Associate
  • Research Engineer
  • Retired scientist
  • Technician
  • Undergraduate Student
  • Veterinary
  • Visiting Scientist
  • Deputy Director of Center
  • Deputy Director of Department
  • Deputy Director of National Reference Center
  • Deputy Head of Facility
  • Director of Center
  • Director of Department
  • Director of Institute
  • Director of National Reference Center
  • Group Leader
  • Head of Facility
  • Head of Operations
  • Head of Structure
  • Honorary President of the Departement
  • Labex Coordinator
Content 2
  • member
  • team
  • department
  • center
  • program_project
  • nrc
  • whocc
  • project
  • software
  • tool
  • patent
  • Administrative Staff
  • Assistant Professor
  • Associate Professor
  • Clinical Research Assistant
  • Clinical Research Nurse
  • Clinician Researcher
  • Department Manager
  • Dual-education Student
  • Full Professor
  • Honorary Professor
  • Lab assistant
  • Master Student
  • Non-permanent Researcher
  • Nursing Staff
  • Permanent Researcher
  • Pharmacist
  • PhD Student
  • Physician
  • Post-doc
  • Prize
  • Project Manager
  • Research Associate
  • Research Engineer
  • Retired scientist
  • Technician
  • Undergraduate Student
  • Veterinary
  • Visiting Scientist
  • Deputy Director of Center
  • Deputy Director of Department
  • Deputy Director of National Reference Center
  • Deputy Head of Facility
  • Director of Center
  • Director of Department
  • Director of Institute
  • Director of National Reference Center
  • Group Leader
  • Head of Facility
  • Head of Operations
  • Head of Structure
  • Honorary President of the Departement
  • Labex Coordinator
Search

← Go to Research

Go back
Scroll to top
Share
© Pierre Gounon
Entrée de Listeria dans une cellule épithéliale (Grossissement X 10000). Image colorisée.
Publication : Genome research

An active murine transposon family pair: retrotransposition of “master” MusD copies and ETn trans-mobilization

Scientific Fields
Diseases
Organisms
Applications
Technique

Published in Genome research - 12 Oct 2004

Ribet D, Dewannieux M, Heidmann T

Link to Pubmed [PMID] – 15479948

Genome Res. 2004 Nov;14(11):2261-7

The ETn (Early Transposon) elements are among the most active murine mobile sequences, being responsible for a series of mutations by insertion in vivo. Yet they are noncoding, and it had long been suspected that ETn are mobilized in trans by coding-competent elements, most probably from the closely related MusD family of LTR-retrotransposons. A genome-wide in silico search for coding-competent MusD elements identified a total of nine such copies, which we cloned and marked to test their transpositional activity, using an ex vivo assay in heterologous cells. Three copies were found to be autonomous for transposition, with each gag, pro, and pol MusD gene absolutely required for mobility. These active MusD copies specifically trigger retrotransposition of marked ETn elements with high efficiency, by complementation in trans. Characterization of the structures of de novo transposed MusD and ETn marked elements, as well as of their integration sites, disclosed canonical retroviral-like retrotransposition, with 6-bp target site duplications common to both elements. These results highlight the parasitic molecular strategies that are used by the ETn elements for their mobility, and unambiguously identify their “master genes.”