Transposable elements in gene regulation and in the evolution of vertebrate genomes

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 607-612

  Bourque, Guillaume ^a  

^a GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HUMANS; VERTEBRATES;

EUKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 71749094924     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2009.10.013     Document Type: Review

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