Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprint
Resurrecting self-cleaving mini-ribozymes from 40-million-year-old LINE-1 elements in human genome
Zhe Zhang, Peng Xiong, Junfeng Wang…·Yaoqi Zhou
The paper identifies a self-cleaving ribozyme in ancient LINE-1 elements, showing its emergence 40 million years ago and extinction 30 million years ago.
DOI 10.1101/2021.04.06.438727