Mesh term Retroelements
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Interspersed Repetitive Sequences
Description
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.Browse to child terms:
Endogenous Retroviruses
Genes, Intracisternal A-Particle
Long Interspersed Nucleotide Elements
Short Interspersed Nucleotide Elements
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