Non-essential function of KRAB zinc finger gene clusters in retrotransposon suppression
Gernot Wolf, Alberto De Iaco, Ming‐an Sun, Melania Bruno, Matthew Tinkham, Don Hoang, Apratim Mitra, Sherry Ralls, Didier Trono, Todd S. Macfarlan
The paper shows that deleting large KRAB-ZFP gene clusters in mice leads to retrotransposon activation, indicating most KRAB-ZFPs are non-essential for transposon suppression.
bioRxiv · Jan 17, 2020 · PreprintGenetics