MER53, a non-autonomous DNA transposon associated with a variety of functionally related defense genes in the human genome

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 277-288

  Kapitonov, Vladimir V ^a   Jurka, Jerzy ^a  

^a Genetic Information Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA transposon; host defense system; Interspersed repeat; mariner

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN GENOME; TRANSPOSON;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHYMASES; COLLECTINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FIBRINOGEN; GENOME, HUMAN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; IDURONATE SULFATASE; INTEGRIN BETA3; INTERLEUKIN-8; ISOENZYMES; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PLATELET MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASE C; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RIBONUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 0032435934     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10425179809034073     Document Type: Article

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