Gene function and expression level influence the insertion/fixation dynamics of distinct transposon families in mammalian introns

Genome Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Sironi, Manuela ^a   Menozzi, Giorgia ^a   Comi, Giacomo P ^b   Cereda, Matteo ^a   Cagliani, Rachele ^a   Bresolin, Nereo ^a,b   Pozzoli, Uberto ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; CYTOSINE; GROWTH FACTOR; GUANINE; HORMONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE GENE; INTRON; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OPOSSUM; ORTHOLOGY; PROTEIN CONTENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON; VALIDATION STUDY; ANIMAL; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIDELPHIDAE; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DOGS; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRONS; OPOSSUMS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 34249752804     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2006-7-12-r120     Document Type: Article

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