TE studies in Japan: the fourth Japanese meeting on host-transposon interactions

Kenji Ichiyanagi; Kuniaki Saito

doi:10.1186/s13100-019-0154-7

TE studies in Japan: the fourth Japanese meeting on host-transposon interactions

Mob DNA. 2019 Mar 15:10:11. doi: 10.1186/s13100-019-0154-7. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Kenji Ichiyanagi¹, Kuniaki Saito²

Affiliations

¹ 1Laboratory of Genome and Epigenome Dynamics, Department of Animal Sciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan.
² 2Invertebrate Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Yata 1111, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540 Japan.

Abstract

The fourth Japanese meeting entitled "Biological Function and Evolution through Interactions between Hosts and Transposable Elements (TEs)" was held on August 20-21, 2018 at the National Institute of Genetics (NIG), Mishima, Japan. The meeting was supported by NIG, and its objective was to bring together researchers who study the diverse roles of TEs in genome evolution, as well as host defense systems against TE mobility, such as chromatin modifications, small RNAs, and others. Here, we present the highlights of the talks given by 14 invited speakers. Organizers: Kenji Ichiyanagi (chief), Kuniaki Saito, and Tetsuji Kakutani.

Keywords: Chromatin modification; Genome evolution; Small RNAs; Transposable elements.

Publication types

Case Reports