#retrotransposons — Public Fediverse posts

A hexamer tandem repeat RNA embedded within an SVA retrotransposon drives R-loop formation and neurodegeneration.

#Transposons #Retrotransposons #SVA #XLinkedDystoniaParkinsonism #XDP #Neurodegeneration #Organoids #ShortTandemRepeats #Rloops #AntisenseNucleotides

https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(25)00583-2

Marine vs. terrestrial: links between the environment and the diversity of Copia retrotransposon in metazoans.
#Transposons #Retrotransposons #Ty1Copia #Metazoans
https://mobilednajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13100-025-00346-z

' #Jumping_gene' caught in the act: Advanced #imaging provides new insights into #retrotransposons.

#cryo-electron_tomography

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-gene-caught-advanced-imaging-insights.html

' #Jumping_gene' caught in the act: Advanced #imaging provides new insights into #retrotransposons.

#cryo-electron_tomography

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-gene-caught-advanced-imaging-insights.html

#DNA #parasite now plays key role in making critical #nerve #cell #protein

#RNA #myelin #retrotransposons #RNLTR12_int

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/dna-that-was-once-a-virus-now-helps-make-a-key-protein-for-nerve-cells/

#DNA #parasite now plays key role in making critical #nerve #cell #protein

#RNA #myelin #retrotransposons #RNLTR12_int

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/dna-that-was-once-a-virus-now-helps-make-a-key-protein-for-nerve-cells/

Vera Gorbunova at ARDD2023: Transcriptomic and proteomic signatures of longevity
https://youtu.be/DjYHihUfHq8?si=j73curN9IHGhuj35

I ❤️ Dr Gorbunova
I ❤️ fucoidan

I've been a fan of fucoidan for years, before I found out it is a SIRT6 activator. I started eating wakame as a source of iodine & noticed a reduction in 'aches & pains'. Then I started looking into its active constituents (besides iodine); here are my notes (now out of date) -
https://rhyobrain.blogspot.com/2020/11/wakame-and-fucoidan.html

#LINE1 #retrotransposons #SIRT6 #fucoidan #aging #inflammation #NaturalProducts #FunctionalFoods

Vera Gorbunova at ARDD2023: Transcriptomic and proteomic signatures of longevity
https://youtu.be/DjYHihUfHq8?si=j73curN9IHGhuj35

I ❤️ Dr Gorbunova
I ❤️ fucoidan

I've been a fan of fucoidan for years, before I found out it is a SIRT6 activator. I started eating wakame as a source of iodine & noticed a reduction in 'aches & pains'. Then I started looking into its active constituents (besides iodine); here are my notes (now out of date) -
https://rhyobrain.blogspot.com/2020/11/wakame-and-fucoidan.html

#LINE1 #retrotransposons #SIRT6 #fucoidan #aging #inflammation #NaturalProducts #FunctionalFoods

12-Jul-2023
DNA element with a murky past is borrowing cell’s repair machinery

Circular DNA, thought to be an accidental byproduct, is borrowing the cell’s DNA repair mechanisms to copy itself

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/995090

#science #CellBiology #DNA #RetroTransposons

Then I went to @EPFL in #Lausanne #Switzerland to study the topic that got me interested in #MolecularGenetics and #EvoDevo, #HoxGenes with @DenisDuboule (#InHoxWeTrust).

Now I am a Senior Scientist at @TesseraTx in #Boston doing the #BioTech thing. I have a budding interest in #Retrotransposons and #Retroposition.