Transposons, Retrotransposons or both?

In a lot of the literature, "transposons" and "retrotransposons" are used interchangeably. That said, there is a difference. A retrotransposon is transferred employing an RNA intermediate, whereas a transposon uses no RNA intermediate. That we are affecting one or the other through Regenetics is, at this stage, largely theoretical--an honest attempt to account for the extraordinary effects that this energy can produce over time in the body. In our thinking, we'd like to believe that a large number of different mobile elements of jumping DNA are potentially in play at various phases of the Regenetics process ...

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Brendan June 13, 2012 at 8:30pm

No worries.
Sol June 13, 2012 at 7:02pm

Please let me know if there's any don't-miss info ...
Brendan June 10, 2012 at 8:40pm

Thanks Sol, I figured this was pretty much the case. Scientific American had a good article in the March 2012 edition on jumping DNA in the brain. I'm hoping to order it ASAP to read properly. 8)
Sol June 10, 2012 at 3:06pm

In a lot of the literature, "transposons" and "retrotransposons" are used interchangeably. That said, there is a difference. A retrotransposon is transferred employing an RNA intermediate, whereas a transposon uses no RNA intermediate. That we are affecting one or the other through Regenetics is, at this stage, largely theoretical--an honest attempt to account for the extraordinary effects that this energy can produce over time in the body. In our thinking, we'd like to believe that a large number of different mobile elements of jumping DNA are potentially in play at various phases of the Regenetics process ...

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