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Kajikawa Lab
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A lab that explores how transposable elements hidden in the genome multiply and what they mean.
AboutAbout the lab
Are transposable elements alive?
The Kajikawa Lab studies transposable elements found in the genomes of living organisms.
Organisms' genomes contain millions of copies of transposable elements.
The lab aims to clarify the mechanisms by which transposable elements amplify.
It also investigates what transposable elements mean for genome function and evolution, with retrotransposons and epigenetics as its research keywords.
Key terms
- Transposable element
- A DNA fragment that can move within the genome or increase its copy number
- Retrotransposon
- A transposable element that makes copies of itself via RNA and inserts them into other locations in the genome
- Epigenetics
- Mechanisms that change how genes function without altering the DNA base sequence
ResearchResearch themes
Organisms' genomes contain millions of copies of transposable elements. The lab's goal is to clarify the mechanisms by which transposable elements amplify and what they mean for genome function and evolution.
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- LecturerMasaki KajikawaPublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Reverse transcriptase 1KLF” Thomas Splettstoesser (www.scistyle.com) / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Turnover of the 'Interruptions' Inside Genes: “Gene with introns and exons” Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. Director National Human Genome Research Institute / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (藤研究室): “Xenopus laevis nucleosome, Histone H3.3C (2) 1AOI” Luger K, Mäder AW, Richmond RK, Sargent DF, Richmond TJ / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (木村研究室): “Nucleosome at enhancer with H3K122 acetylated” MethylC5 / CC0 (cropped)
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