Research Article

New Insights into Chronological Mobility of Retrotransposons In Vivo

Table 1

Summary of RTEs in different mouse organs.

OrganLINESL3UTRL5UTRIAPSINE B1EtnERV

Brain++++++++++++++++++
Kidneys++++++++++++++++++
Lungs+(12 mo) - (24 mo)---------------
Heart+(12 mo) - (24 mo)---Ns+++(12 mo) - (24 mo)Ns
Liver+(12 mo) - (24 mo)+(12 mo) - (24 mo)---+(12 mo) - (24 mo)-----
Testes+++------Ns---Ns

(+) indicates upregulation; (-) indicates downregulation; Ns indicates no significant changes were observed.