Publication Date:
2014-11-06
Description:
Article Retrotransposons replicate via a copy-paste mechanism involving a cytoplasmic intermediate. Guo et al. report that autophagy can suppress genetic variation by degrading cytoplasmic retrotransposon RNA, suggesting additional means by which autophagy may influence tumorigenesis. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms6276 Authors: Huishan Guo, Maneka Chitiprolu, David Gagnon, Lingrui Meng, Carol Perez-Iratxeta, Diane Lagace, Derrick Gibbings
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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