Mobile DNA celebrates Transposon Day every June 16th, to commemorate the birthdate of the founder of transposable elements research, Barbara McClintock (1902-1992). This day was designated to honor her legacy and draw attention to the important research that has changed the way researchers think about evolution, disease, and genomics. Please check out our special page for a new quiz, a selection of our journal's best articles from the last 12 months, and much more!
As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times. Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.
Featured series: Transposable Elements in Model Organisms
We are proud to present a new series of review papers focused on transposable elements (TE) in model organisms. This series will deliver a comprehensive and even coverage of the diversity of TEs populating the model species; outstanding questions and future directions with the study of TEs in species; and much more!
Celebrate Transposon Day 2020 with Mobile DNA!
Featured review: transposable element landscapes in yeast models
Genomics and other large-scale analyses have drawn attention to the potential impacts of TEs on their host genomes. However, it remains challenging to transition from identifying potential roles to clearly demonstrating the level of impact TEs have on genome evolution and possible functions that they contribute to their host organisms. In this new review, author Patrick Maxwell summarizes TE content and distribution in four well-characterized yeast model systems in this review.
Featured Article
Comparative analysis on the expression of L1 loci using various RNA-Seq preparations
The role of DNA methylation in aging has been widely studied. However, epigenetic mutations, here defined as aberrant methylation levels compared to the distribution in a population, are less understood. For this Methodology, our authors developed whole-cell, cytoplasmic and nuclear RNA-Seq datasets from 22Rv1 prostate cancer cells to test the influence of different preparations on the quality and effort needed to measure L1 expression.
Call for Papers: Endogenous Retroviruses in Evolution and Disease
The Editors of Mobile DNA and Retrovirology extend an invitation to submit original research articles related to endogenous retroviruses to their new collection: Endogenous Retroviruses in Evolution and Disease.
Open for submissions: May 24, 2019
Closed for submissions: January 2021
Submit an article to Mobile DNA for the series.
Articles
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Twenty years of transposable element analysis in the Arabidopsis thaliana genome
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Evolution of pogo, a separate superfamily of IS630-Tc1-mariner transposons, revealing recurrent domestication events in vertebrates
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LINE-1 ORF1p does not determine substrate preference for human/orangutan SVA and gibbon LAVA
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Deep sequencing reveals new roles for MuB in transposition immunity and target-capture, and redefines the insular Ter region of E. coli
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Non-long terminal repeat (non-LTR) retrotransposons: mechanisms, recent developments, and unanswered questions
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The expanding universe of transposon technologies for gene and cell engineering
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Mobile DNA and evolution in the 21st century
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Mobilizing diversity: transposable element insertions in genetic variation and disease
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Characterization and potential functional significance of human-chimpanzee large INDEL variation
Review collection
All Reviews
Repository for all published Review articles. Contributions from some of the leading researchers working with mobile DNA.
Article collection
Mobile DNA Tools
Repository for all published articles on softwares, databases, and methodologies.
2020
Thematic series
Transposable Elements in Model Organisms
Edited by the Editors-in-Chief
2019
Thematic series
Endogenous Retroviruses in Evolution and Disease
Cross-journal series with Retrovirology. Edited by the Editors-in-Chief of Mobile DNA and Retrovirology.
Thematic series
Transposable Elements in Model Organisms (coming soon)
Edited by the Editors-in-Chief
2015
Thematic series
Keystone Symposium: Mobile Genetic Elements and Genome Evolution
Edited by: Henry Levin, Parmit Singh
2014
Review series
Mobile genetic elements in biotechnology
Edited by: Henry Levin, Thomas Eickbush, Marlene Belfort, Nancy Craig, Cedric Feschotte
2013
Review series
Mobile introns review series
Edited by: Thomas Eickbush, Marlene Belfort, Nancy Craig, Daniel Voytas
Pre-submission Inquiries
The Editors-in-Chief of Mobile DNA welcome authors to send any pre-submission inquiries they might have to the Editorial Email address, which can be found here by clicking on "Contact Us" (upper left side of page). We ask that you please include “Pre-submission inquiry” in the subject line of your email and that you include the title and abstract of your proposed submission within the message. Our Editors will do their best to respond to you in a timely manner.
Editors' Picks
Highlights from recent literature on mobile elements, selected by the Editors-in-Chief.
Evolution of pogo, a separate superfamily of IS630-Tc1-mariner transposons, revealing recurrent domestication events in vertebrates. [Mob DNA. 2020] PubMed
Cryptic genetic variation enhances primate L1 retrotransposon survival by enlarging the functional coiled coil sequence space of ORF1p. [PLoS Genet. 2020] PubMed
Processing of Alu small RNAs by DICER/ADAR1 complexes and their RNAi targets. [RNA. 2020] PubMed
Editors-in-Chief
Irina Arkhipova, Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole
Cédric Feschotte, Cornell University
Haig Kazazian, Johns Hopkins University
Henry Levin, NIH
In 2019, we welcomed our new Associate Editors:
Orsolya Barabas, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Germany
Gael Cristofari, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Adam Ewing, Mater Research Institute-University of Queensland, Australia
Clément Gilbert, CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, France
Molly G Hammell, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA
Damon R Lisch, Purdue University, USA
Joe Peters, Cornell University, USA
Phoebe Rice, The University of Chicago, USA
Aims and scope
Mobile DNA is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles providing novel insights into DNA rearrangements in all organisms, ranging from transposition and other types of recombination mechanisms to patterns and processes of mobile element and host genome evolution. In addition, the journal will consider articles on the utility of mobile genetic elements in biotechnological methods and protocols.
TE Digest
Updated monthly, check out the newest published research on transposable elements in the TE Digest on Alexander Suh of Uppsala University's Genomicrocosm page here.
Links to Useful TE Community Resources
Transposable elements labs directory
Women in TEs (maintained by Cedric Feschotte)
Job vacancies
Transposons Worldwide SLACK Page (Managed by Rebecca Berrens)
Mobile DNA Tools Collection
TE digest (Managed by Alexander Suh)
Forthcoming meetings
The ICTE 2020 meeting, which was scheduled to take place in St Malo in the spring and was cancelled due to the current pandemic, has been replaced by a series of virtual conferences (vICTE 2020). Conferences will be given every two weeks on Tuesday at 6:00 pm (French/CEST time) and will start September 8th. Please see here for more details.
4th Uppsala Transposon Symposium - 30th September - 2nd October 2020- Uppsala, Sweden
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0.958 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
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