The impact of L1 retrotransposons on the human genome

Nature Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-24

  Kazazian Jr , Haig H ^a   Moran, John V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA GLOBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; INTEGRASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSPOSASE;

GENE; GENOME; HUMAN; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; RETROPOSON; RETROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON; X CHROMOSOME;

GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; RETROELEMENTS;

EID: 17344370076     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0598-19     Document Type: Review

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