Human L1 element target-primed reverse transcription in vitro

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 5899-5910

  Cost, Gregory J ^a   Feng, Qinghua ^a   Jacquier, Alain ^a   Boeke, Jef D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genome evolution; Human genome; Retroelement; Retrotransposon

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; GUANOSINE DERIVATIVE; POLYGUANOSINE; PROTEIN ORF2; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; IN VITRO STUDY; L1 GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RETROPOSON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0036847319     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf592     Document Type: Article

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