Functions and Regulation of Endogenous Retrovirus Elements during Zygotic Genome Activation: Implications for Improving Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Efficiency

Volume: 11, Issue: 6, Pages: 829 - 829
Published: Jun 2, 2021
Abstract
Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs), previously viewed as deleterious relics of ancestral retrovirus infections, are silenced in the vast majority of cells to minimize the risk of retrotransposition. Counterintuitively, bursts of ERV transcription usually occur during maternal-to-zygotic transition (MZT) in preimplantation embryos; this is regarded as a major landmark event in the zygotic genome activation (ZGA) process, indicating that ERVs play an...
Paper Details
Title
Functions and Regulation of Endogenous Retrovirus Elements during Zygotic Genome Activation: Implications for Improving Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Efficiency
Published Date
Jun 2, 2021
Volume
11
Issue
6
Pages
829 - 829
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