{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Wright DA"],"funding":["NIGMS NIH HHS"],"pagination":["122-31"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC155253"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["The Athila retroelements of Arabidopsis thaliana encode a putative envelope gene, suggesting that they are infectious retroviruses. Because most insertions are highly degenerate, we undertook a comprehensive analysis of the A. thaliana genome sequence to discern their conserved features. One family (Athila4) was identified whose members are largely intact and share >94% nucleotide identity. As a basis for comparison, related elements (the Calypso elements) were characterized from soybean. Consensus Calypso and Athila4 elements are 12-14 kb in length and have long terminal repeats of 1.3-1.8 kb. Gag and Pol are encoded on a single open reading frame (ORF) of 1801 (Calypso) and 1911 (Athila4) amino acids. Following the Gag-Pol ORF are noncoding regions of ~0.7 and 2 kb, which, respectively, "],"journal":["Genome research"],"pubmed_title":["Athila4 of Arabidopsis and Calypso of soybean define a lineage of endogenous plant retroviruses."],"pmcid":["PMC155253"],"funding_grant_id":["R41 GM61420"],"pubmed_authors":["Voytas DF","Wright DA"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Athila4 of Arabidopsis and Calypso of soybean define a lineage of endogenous plant retroviruses.","description":"The Athila retroelements of Arabidopsis thaliana encode a putative envelope gene, suggesting that they are infectious retroviruses. Because most insertions are highly degenerate, we undertook a comprehensive analysis of the A. thaliana genome sequence to discern their conserved features. One family (Athila4) was identified whose members are largely intact and share >94% nucleotide identity. As a basis for comparison, related elements (the Calypso elements) were characterized from soybean. Consensus Calypso and Athila4 elements are 12-14 kb in length and have long terminal repeats of 1.3-1.8 kb. Gag and Pol are encoded on a single open reading frame (ORF) of 1801 (Calypso) and 1911 (Athila4) amino acids. Following the Gag-Pol ORF are noncoding regions of ~0.7 and 2 kb, which, respectively, ","dates":{"release":"2002-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2002 Jan","modification":"2025-04-05T15:32:20.025Z","creation":"2019-03-27T00:35:15Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC155253","cross_references":{"pubmed":["11779837"],"doi":["10.1101/gr.196001"]}}