Natural Epigenetic Protection against the I-factor, a Drosophila LINE Retrotransposon, by Remnants of Ancestral Invasions

Xavier Dramard; Thierry Heidmann; Silke Jensen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000304

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Natural Epigenetic Protection against the I-factor, a Drosophila LINE Retrotransposon, by Remnants of Ancestral Invasions

Xavier Dramard,

Affiliation Unité des Rétrovirus Endogènes et Eléments Rétroïdes des Eucaryotes Supérieurs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 8122, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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Thierry Heidmann,

Affiliation Unité des Rétrovirus Endogènes et Eléments Rétroïdes des Eucaryotes Supérieurs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 8122, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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Silke Jensen

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: sjensen@igr.fr

Affiliation Unité des Rétrovirus Endogènes et Eléments Rétroïdes des Eucaryotes Supérieurs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 8122, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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Natural Epigenetic Protection against the I-factor, a Drosophila LINE Retrotransposon, by Remnants of Ancestral Invasions

Xavier Dramard,
Thierry Heidmann,
Silke Jensen

Published: March 21, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000304

About the Authors

Xavier Dramard

Affiliation Unité des Rétrovirus Endogènes et Eléments Rétroïdes des Eucaryotes Supérieurs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 8122, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France

Thierry Heidmann

Silke Jensen

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: sjensen@igr.fr

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TH XD SJ. Performed the experiments: XD. Analyzed the data: TH XD SJ. Wrote the paper: XD SJ.

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