Table 2.

Host Responses to Transposons

Host response Example Reference
DNA methylation, chromatin remodelingSINEs in H. sapiens Athila-like TEs in A. thaliana Greally 2002 Okamoto and Hirochika 2001
dsRNA-mediated silencing Tc1 in C. elegans Ketting et al 1999
Stress response of host defenses Tntl in N. tabacum Capy 2000