Transposable elements: An abundant and natural source of regulatory sequences for host genes

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-42

  Rebollo, Rita ^a,b   Romanish, Mark T ^a,b   Mager, Dixie L ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84867050577     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: 15452948     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-110711-155621     Document Type: Review

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