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Single-stranded DNA viruses employ a variety of mechanisms for integration into host genomes

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Evolution of the RAG1-RAG2 locus: both proteins came from the same transposon

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A survey of transposable element classification systems – A call for a fundamental update to meet the challenge of their diversity and complexity

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Integrase-mediated spacer acquisition during CRISPR–Cas adaptive immunity

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An updated evolutionary classification of CRISPR–Cas systems

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The casposon-encoded Cas1 protein fromAciduliprofundum booneiis a DNA integrase that generates target site duplications

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Origins and evolution of viruses of eukaryotes: The ultimate modularity

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Intrinsic sequence specificity of the Cas1 integrase directs new spacer acquisition

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Conservation of major and minor jelly-roll capsid proteins in Polinton (Maverick) transposons suggests that they are bona fide viruses

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Casposons: a new superfamily of self-synthesizing DNA transposons at the origin of prokaryotic CRISPR-Cas immunity

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Dark matter in archaeal genomes: a rich source of novel mobile elements, defense systems and secretory complexes

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Comparative Genomic Analysis Reveals Multiple Long Terminal Repeats, Lineage-Specific Amplification, and Frequent Interelement Recombination for Cassandra Retrotransposon in Pear (Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd.)

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Evolution of adaptive immunity from transposable elements combined with innate immune systems

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Unravelling the structural and mechanistic basis of CRISPR–Cas systems

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Polintons: a hotbed of eukaryotic virus, transposon and plasmid evolution

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Cas1–Cas2 complex formation mediates spacer acquisition during CRISPR–Cas adaptive immunity

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CRISPR-Cas immunity and mobile DNA: a new superfamily of DNA transposons encoding a Cas1 endonuclease

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Breaking and joining single-stranded DNA: the HUH endonuclease superfamily

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Insights into Dynamics of Mobile Genetic Elements in Hyperthermophilic Environments from Five New Thermococcus Plasmids

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Protospacer recognition motifs

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Networks of evolutionary interactions underlying the polyphyletic origin of ssDNA viruses

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A proposed mechanism for IS607-family serine transposases

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Unipro UGENE: a unified bioinformatics toolkit

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CDD: conserved domains and protein three-dimensional structure

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The struggle for life of the genome's selfish architects

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Evolution and classification of the CRISPR–Cas systems

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Partial Chromosome Sequence of Spiroplasma citri Reveals Extensive Viral Invasion and Important Gene Decay

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FastTree 2 – Approximately Maximum-Likelihood Trees for Large Alignments

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Short motif sequences determine the targets of the prokaryotic CRISPR defence system

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Dynamics of transposable elements: towards a community ecology of the genome

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A modular master on the move: the Tn916 family of mobile genetic elements

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A universal classification of eukaryotic transposable elements implemented in Repbase

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CRISPR — a widespread system that provides acquired resistance against phages in bacteria and archaea

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