Full-length human L1 insertions retain the capacity for high frequency retrotransposition in cultured cells

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1557-1560

  Kimberland, Michelle L ^a   Divoky, Vladimir ^b   Prchal, Josef ^b   Schwahn, Uwe ^c   Berger, Wolfgang ^c   Kazazian Jr , Haig H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GLOBIN GENE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETROPOSON;

EID: 0032816281     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.8.1557     Document Type: Article

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