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Sex and the TEs: transposable elements in sexual development and function in animals

In this review, the authors report the functional and evolutionary relationships between transposable elements and sexual reproduction in animals. Specifically, they examine how transposable elements can influence expression of sexual development genes, and how, reciprocally, they are tightly controlled in gonads.. 

The Editors of Mobile DNA and Retrovirology extend an invitation to submit original research articles related to endogenous retroviruses to their new collection: Endogenous Retroviruses in Evolution and Disease.

Open for submissions: May 24, 2019

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Highlights from recent literature on mobile elements, selected by the Editors-in-Chief.

NHEJ pathway is involved in post-integrational DNA repair due to Ku70 binding to HIV-1 integrase [Retrovirology 2019] PubMed

A highly soluble Sleeping Beauty transposase improves control of gene insertion [Nat Biotechnol 2019] PubMed

Structures of a RAG-like transposase during cut-and-paste transposition [Nature 2019] PubMed

Multi-strain Tn-Seq reveals common daptomycin resistance determinants in Staphylococcus aureus [PLoS Pathog 2019] PubMed

Nuclear Exosome Targeting Complex Core Factor Zcchc8 Regulates the Degradation of LINE1 RNA in Early Embryos and Embryonic Stem Cells [Cell Rep 2019] PubMed

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Marlene Belfort, University at Albany
Cédric Feschotte, Cornell University
Haig Kazazian, Johns Hopkins University
Henry Levin, NIH

In 2019, we welcomed our new Associate Editors: 
Irina Arkhipova, Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, USA
Orsolya Barabas, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Germany
Gael Cristofari, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, France 
Adam Ewing, Mater Research Institute-University of Queensland, Australia
Clément Gilbert, CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, France 
Molly G Hammell, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA
Damon R Lisch, Purdue University, USA
Joe Peters, Cornell University, USA
Phoebe Rice, The University of Chicago, USA

Updated monthly, check out the newest published research on transposable elements in the TE Digest on Alexander Suh of Uppsala University's Genomicrocosm page here. 

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3rd International Workshop on Human Endogenous Retroviruses & Diseases - November 5-6, 2019 - Lyon, France

4th International Congress on Transposable Elements - April 25-28, 2020 - Saint Malo, France

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