The arms race in noncoding regions of transposable element: the evolution of anti-silencing and RNAi
Taku Sasaki, Kae Kato, Aoi Hosaka, Yu Fu, Atsushi Toyoda, Asao Fujiyama, Yoshiaki Tarutani, Tetsuji Kakutani
The paper shows that RNAi targets noncoding regions of VANDAL TEs, while VANC proteins evolved to escape this silencing, suggesting a co-evolutionary arms race between TEs and host defense mechanisms.
bioRxiv · Dec 19, 2022 · PreprintGenetics