Origin of a substantial fraction of human regulatory sequences from transposable elements

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 68-72

  Jordan, I King ^a   Rogozin, Igor B ^a   Glazko, Galina V ^b   Koonin, Eugene V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

GENE CONTROL; GENOME; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

ILEX COOKII; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037301560     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(02)00006-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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