Transposable elements are mobile small repetitive DNA sequences that play key roles in gene regulation and genome structure and are regarded as important drivers of genetic diversity in plants.

The research on TATSI started in 2019 following the Danforth Center’s event Conversations: Big Ideas 2.0, a competition in which a team from the Slotkin lab proposed harnessing the power of ...

The TATSI technology takes advantage of over two billion years of evolution of plant transposable elements, which naturally function as honed molecular machines to insert DNA into the genome. The ...

The research project, funded by BBSRC, will investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying the initiation of epigenetic silencing in plant transposable elements. Towards this goal, the study will ...

Pan-cancer analysis identifies tumor-specific antigens derived from transposable elements. Nature Genetics, 2023; DOI: 10.1038/s41588-023-01349-3 ...

Nearly half of the human genome is composed of transposable elements, which are sequences of DNA that are able to replicate and relocate in the genome. Previously, transposable elements have been ...

Study uncovers how transposable elements in Alzheimer's-affected brains could hold the key to new therapeutic approaches, as scientists uncover the genetic links behind these molecular disruptions ...