Heat stress drives transcription of LTR retrotransposons in the regenerative flatworm Macrostomum lignano
Kirill Ustyantsev, Stijn Mouton, Mikhail Biryukov, Jakub Wudarski, Lisa Glazenburg, Eugène Berezikov
The paper shows that heat stress increases LTR retrotransposon transcription in Macrostomum lignano by hijacking the heat shock response pathway, a mechanism previously known in plants.
bioRxiv · Dec 18, 2024 · PreprintGenomics