KRAB Zinc Finger Proteins coordinate across evolutionary time scales to battle retroelements
Jason D Fernandes, Maximilian Haeussler, Joel Armstrong, Kristof Tigyi, Joshua Gu, Natalie Filippi, Jessica Pierce, Tiffany Thisner, Paola Angulo, Sol Katzman, Benedict Paten, David Haussler, Sofie R 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