Transposable elements are found in a large number of human protein-coding genes

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 619-621

  Nekrutenko, Anton ^a   Li, Wen Hsiung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

BIODIVERSITY; DNA INTEGRATION; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ILEX COOKII;

EID: 0035500898     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(01)02445-3     Document Type: Short Survey

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