Characteristic sequence pattern in the 5- to 20-bp upstream region of primate Alu elements

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 232-237

  Toda, Yoshimi ^a   Saito, Rintaro ^a   Tomita, Masaru ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alu elements; Integration target; Retroposons; Retrotranscripts; SINEs

Indexed keywords

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA INTEGRATION; GENE LOCUS; PRIMATE; RETROPOSON;

PRIMATES;

EID: 0033921707     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002399910026     Document Type: Article

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