ATHILA is a group of Arabidopsis thaliana retrotransposons [1] belonging to the Ty3/gypsy family of the long terminal repeat (LTR) class of eukaryotic retrotransposons[2,3]. The central region of ATHILA retrotransposons contains two or three open reading frames (ORFs). This family represents the ORF1 product. The function of ORF1 is unknown.

1: Athila, a new retroelement from Arabidopsis thaliana. Pelissier T, Tutois S, Deragon JM, Tourmente S, Genestier S, Picard G; Plant Mol Biol 1995;29:441-452. PMID:8534844

2: Potential retroviruses in plants: Tat1 is related to a group of Arabidopsis thaliana Ty3/gypsy retrotransposons that encode envelope-like proteins. Wright DA, Voytas DF; Genetics 1998;149:703-715. PMID:9611185

3: Ty3/Gypsy retrotransposons: description of new Arabidopsis thaliana elements and evolutionary perspectives derived from comparative genomic data. Marin I, Llorens C; Mol Biol Evol 2000;17:1040-1049. PMID:10889217