LINE-1 retrotransposons: Mediators of somatic variation in neuronal genomes?

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 345-354

  Singer, Tatjana ^a   McConnell, Michael J ^a   Marchetto, Maria C N ^a   Coufal, Nicole G ^a   Gage, Fred H ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOSAICISM; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETROPOSON; SOMATIC MUTATION;

BRAIN; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RETROELEMENTS;

EID: 77955271952     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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