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. 1999 Oct 26;96(22):12211-2.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.22.12211.

Long terminal repeat retrotransposons jump between species

A J Flavell
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Long terminal repeat retrotransposons jump between species

A J Flavell. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Figure 1
The simplest common structures of LINE elements (non-LTR retrotransposons), the two groups of LTR retrotransposons and retrovirus proviruses. copia is a Ty1-copia group LTR retrotransposon. Structural domains: gag, core particle components; en, endonuclease; rt, reverse transcriptase; LTR, long terminal repeat; int, integrase; env, envelope glycoprotein.
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