Transposable elements as genetic regulatory substrates in early development

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 218-226

  Gifford, Wesley D ^a   Pfaff, Samuel L ^a   MacFarlan, Todd S ^b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Endogenous retrovirus; Evolution; Gene regulation; Placentation; Transposon

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; POL PROTEIN;

EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOME; HISTONE MODIFICATION; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, VIRAL; HUMANS; LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS; MAMMALS; MICE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RETROELEMENTS;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84876799419     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: 18793088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2013.01.001     Document Type: Review

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