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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 2.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Cell. 2016 Jun 2;62(5):766–776. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2016.03.029

Table 1.

Examples of LTRs exapted as regulatory elements in human and mouse and their classification.

Species ERV Class ERV Family Examples of LTR Subtypes

Mouse I ERV1 LTR17
I ERV3 MER77
II ERVK LTR10C, LTR10B, LTR13D5, BGLII
III MaLR MT-A, MT-B, MT-C, ORR1A0
III ERVL MT2, MT2B, MT2C

Humans I ERV1 LTR7, MER39, MER41, LTR12C
I ERV3 MER21C
I ERV9 LTR9
II ERVK LTR5
II ERVK3 LTR3B
II ERVK14 LTR14B
III MaLR THE1A, THE1B, THE1C, MER39
III ERVL MLT2A1, MLT2B3, LTR16A