Transposable elements in the mammalian germline: A comfortable niche or a deadly trap

Heredity

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-104

  Zamudio, N ^a   Bourc'His, D ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Germline; Host defense; PiRNA; Retrotransposon

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GERM CELL; LIFE CYCLE; MAMMAL; METHYLATION;

ANIMAL; DNA METHYLATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MOUSE; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MICE;

MAMMALIA;

TRANSPOSON;

EID: 77953810795     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2010.53     Document Type: Review

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