Study of VIPER and TATE in kinetoplastids and the evolution of tyrosine recombinase retrotransposons
Abstract Background Kinetoplastids are a flagellated group of protists, including some parasites, such as Trypanosoma and Leishmania species, that can cause diseases in humans and other animals.The genomes of these species enclose a fraction of retrotransposons including VIPER and TATE, two poorly studied transposable elements that encode a tyrosin