Helitron (biology) | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 08/02/2019

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00:00:56 1 History
00:03:59 2 Structure
00:06:40 3 Mechanism of rolling-circle transposition
00:09:26 4 Mechanisms of gene capture
00:12:41 5 Impact on gene expression
00:14:07 6 Genome-wide identification
00:16:39 7 Vertical inheritance and horizontal transfer
00:18:55 8 Evolutionary implication
00:20:04 9 Future



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SUMMARY
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Helitrons are one of the three groups of eukaryotic class 2 transposable elements (TEs) so far described. They are the eukaryotic rolling-circle transposable elements which are hypothesized to transpose by a rolling circle replication mechanism via a single-stranded DNA intermediate. They were first discovered in plants (Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryza sativa) and in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, and now they have been identified in a diverse range of species, from protists to mammals. Helitrons make up a substantial fraction of many genomes where non-autonomous elements frequently outnumber the putative autonomous partner. Helitrons seem to have a major role in the evolution of host genomes. They frequently capture diverse host genes, some of which can evolve into novel host genes or become essential for Helitron transposition.