Retroelements and their impact on genome evolution and functioning

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 3727-3742

  Gogvadze, Elena ^a   Buzdin, Anton ^a  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alteration of gene expression; Cell defense; Genome evolution; Genome rearrangements; Retroelements

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CHIMERA; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENOME; HOST; HUMAN; INSULATOR ELEMENT; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PENELOPE LIKE ELEMENT; POLYADENYLATION; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOGENE; RETROPOSON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; SHORT INTERSPERSED REPEAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILENCER ELEMENT; TRANSLATION REGULATION; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYADENYLATION; PSEUDOGENES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RETROELEMENTS; RNA SPLICE SITES; SHORT INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70849129445     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-0107-2     Document Type: Review

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