OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Mobile DNA is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Recurrent co-domestication of PIF/Harbinger transposable element proteins in insects	113
Subcellular location of L1 retrotransposon-encoded ORF1p, reverse transcription products, and DNA sensors in lupus granulocytes	105
Generalized nuclear localization of retroelement transcripts	40
Look4LTRs: a Long terminal repeat retrotransposon detection tool capable of cross species studies and discovering recently nested repeats	28
SCIFER: approach for analysis of LINE-1 mRNA expression in single cells at a single locus resolution	28
An intronic LINE-1 regulates IFNAR1 expression in human immune cells	27
Long-read sequencing improves the genetic diagnosis of retinitis pigmentosa by identifying an Alu retrotransposon insertion in the EYS gene	22
Multiple horizontal transfer events of a DNA transposon into turtles, fishes, and a frog	18
Correction: A beginner’s guide to manual curation of transposable elements	17
SINE-derived satellites in scaled reptiles	17
Characterization of transposable elements within the Bemisia tabaci species complex	16
Association of a 7.9 kb Endogenous Retrovirus Insertion in Intron 1 of CD36 with Obesity and Fat Measurements in Sheep	15
Plants acquired mitochondrial linear plasmids horizontally from fungi likely during the conquest of land	14
THE1B may have no role in human pregnancy due to ZNF430-mediated silencing	14
Analysis of pericentromere composition and structure elucidated the history of the Hieracium alpinum L. genome, revealing waves of transposable elements insertions	13
Correction: Characterization of transposable elements within the Bemisia tabaci species complex	13
Binding of NF-Y to transposable elements in mouse and human cells	12
Mobile group I introns at nuclear rDNA position L2066 harbor sense and antisense homing endonuclease genes intervened by spliceosomal introns	12
Association of hyperactivated transposon expression with exacerbated immune activation in systemic lupus erythematosus	11
Insertion of short L1 sequences generates inter-strain histone acetylation differences in the mouse	11
TE Density: a tool to investigate the biology of transposable elements	10
Pan cancer characterization of genes whose expression has been associated with LINE-1 antisense promoter activity	9
RNA sensor MDA5 suppresses LINE-1 retrotransposition by regulating the promoter activity of LINE-1 5′-UTR	9
FishPi: a bioinformatic prediction tool to link piRNA and transposable elements	8
Internal initiation of reverse transcription in a Penelope-like retrotransposon	8

Impact of a horizontally transferred Helitron family on genome evolution in Xenopus laevis	8
The fifth Japanese meeting on biological function and evolution through interactions between hosts and transposable elements	8
RepEnTools: an automated repeat enrichment analysis package for ChIP-seq data reveals hUHRF1 Tandem-Tudor domain enrichment in young repeats	8
Double-stranded DNA viruses may serve as vectors for horizontal transfer of intron-generating transposons	8
FoTeRs: a novel family of telomere-associated retrotransposons in Fusarium oxysporum	8
A plan or pandemonium? The conundrum of retrotransposon activation in cancer	8
Exploration of the regulatory relationship between KRAB-Zfp clusters and their target transposable elements via a gene editing strategy at the cluster specific linker-associated sequences by CRISPR-Ca	7
Co-option of an endogenous retrovirus (LTR7-HERVH) in early human embryogenesis: becoming useful and going unnoticed	7
Antagonistic regulation of LINE-1/Alu elements and their repressor APOBEC3B in cellular senescence	6
Heat-induced transcriptional activation of LTR retrotransposons in the regenerative flatworm Macrostomum lignano	6
Multiple horizontal transfers of a Helitron transposon associated with a parasitoid wasp	6
Retand LTR-retrotransposons in plants: a long way from pol to 3’LTR	6
Migrators within migrators: exploring transposable element dynamics in the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus	6
Correction: A plan or pandemonium? The conundrum of retrotransposon activation in cancer	6
A unique eukaryotic lineage of composite-like DNA transposons encoding a DDD/E transposase and a His-Me finger homing endonuclease	5
Identification of transposable element families from pangenome polymorphisms	5
The role of Smarcad1 in retroviral repression in mouse embryonic stem cells	5
A beginner’s guide to manual curation of transposable elements	5
Structural and transduction patterns of human-specific polymorphic SVA insertions	5
Host range of strand-biased circularizing integrative elements: a new class of mobile DNA elements nesting in Gammaproteobacteria	5
Analysis of antibiotic resistance gene cassettes in a newly identified Salmonella enterica serovar Gallinarum strain in Korea	5
Transposable elements: a key piece in the genomic evolution and adaptation of Myrtaceae species	4
REPrise: de novo interspersed repeat detection using inexact seeding	4
A proteomic screen of Ty1 integrase partners identifies the protein kinase CK2 as a regulator of Ty1 retrotransposition	4
The sixth Japanese meeting on biological function and evolution through interactions between hosts and transposable elements	4
Eco-evolutionary significance of domesticated retroelements in microbial genomes	4
TE-Seq: a transposable element annotation and RNA-Seq pipeline	4
Transposable element dynamics in Xenopus laevis embryogenesis: a tale of two coexisting subgenomes	4
Strict retroelement regulation is frequently lost following cancer transformation and generates a promising reservoir of cancer biomarkers	4
Further varieties of ancient endogenous retrovirus in human DNA	3
IS26 carrying blaKPC−2 mediates carbapenem resistance heterogeneity in extensively drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from clinical sites	3
A specialized bacterial group II intron is a highly efficient retrotransposon	3
Co-expression of distinct L1 retrotransposon coiled coils can lead to their entanglement	3
Plant MITEs: miniature transposable elements with major impacts	3
Interaction with eukaryotic cells enhances the circularization and transcription of integrative and conjugative elements in Mycoplasma hominis	2
Teleost genomic repeat landscapes in light of diversification rates and ecology	2
Evolution of Einkorn wheat centromeres is driven by the mutualistic interplay of two LTR retrotransposons	2
Obituary: Haig Kazazian and Horizontal Transfer (1937 – 2022)	2
Subfamily-specific differential contribution of individual monomers and the tether sequence to mouse L1 promoter activity	2
The coevolution between APOBEC3 and retrotransposons in primates	2
Genomic analysis reveals the role of integrative and conjugative elements in plant pathogenic bacteria	2
Subtelomeric repeat expansion in Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus chromosomes	2
Transposable element dynamics in glioblastoma stem cells: insights from locus-specific quantification	2
Alternative splicing of transposable elements in human breast cancer	2
SARS-CoV-2 infection induces epigenetic changes in the LTR69 subfamily of endogenous retroviruses	2