KRAB Zinc Finger Proteins coordinate across evolutionary time scales to battle retroelements
J. D. Fernandes, M. Haeussler, J. Armstrong, K. Tigyi, J. Gu, N. Filippi, J. Pierce, T. Thisner, P. Angulo, S. Katzman, B. Paten, D. Haussler, S. Salama
The paper examines the evolutionary arms race between KRAB Zinc Finger Proteins (KZNFs) and retrotransposable elements (RTEs), showing how KZNFs adapt to suppress RTEs over time.
bioRxiv · Sep 27, 2018 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology