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. 2018 Jan 3;9:1. doi: 10.1186/s13100-017-0106-z

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

Retrotransposition Assay. The retrotransposition plasmid (pPM016) was transfected into cells. LINE-1 mRNA is expressed and processed, removing the γ globin intron from GFP during RNA splicing. ORF1p and ORF2p are translated and bind to LINE-1 mRNA, forming ribonucleoprotein (RNP) particles. The RNP enters the nucleus, where LINE-1 mRNA is reverse transcribed into host DNA by Target Primed Reverse Transcription (TPRT). After retrotransposition, cells expressing functional GFP are quantified by flow cytometry