Alu Repeats in the Human Genome

Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 325-333

  Khitrinskaya, I Yu ^a   Stepanov, V A ^a   Puzyrev, V P ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b SIBERIAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

7SL RNA; Alu repeat; Evolution; Retroposition

Indexed keywords

MONOMER; RNA POLYMERASE;

ALU SEQUENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; RNA GENE;

INSERTION SEQUENCES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037786818     PISSN: 00268933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024218806634     Document Type: Review

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