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Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides > Nucleic Acids > DNA > Retroelements
... > Genetic Phenomena > Genetic Structures > Genome > Genome Components > Interspersed Repetitive Sequences > Retroelements
... > Genetic Phenomena > Genetic Structures > Base Sequence > Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid > Interspersed Repetitive Sequences > Retroelements
... > Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Molecular Structure > Base Sequence > Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid > Interspersed Repetitive Sequences > Retroelements
... > Information Science > Information Services > Documentation > Molecular Sequence Data > Base Sequence > Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid > Interspersed Repetitive Sequences > Retroelements

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Retroelements  

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  • Elements that are transcribed into RNA, reverse-transcribed into DNA and then inserted into a new site in the genome. Long terminal repeats (LTRs) similar to those from retroviruses are contained in retrotransposons and retrovirus-like elements. Retroposons, such as LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS and SHORT INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS do not contain LTRs.

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