Term Name: | I_LINE_retrotransposon |
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Synonyms: | I LINE retrotransposon, LINE I element, RII retrotransposon |
Definition: | Elements of the LINE I superfamily are similar to the Jockey and L1 superfamily. They contains two ORFs, the.second of which includes Apurinic endonuclease (APE) and reverse transcriptase (RT). The I superfamily encodes an RH (RNase H) domain downstream of the RT domain. |
Ontology: | Sequence Ontology [SO:0002273] |