Nuclear function of Alus

Nucleus (United States)

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Chen ^a   Huang, Sui ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alus; Evolution; Gene expression regulation; Genome function; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; DOCKING PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN P53; SPACER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALUS; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 84899652988     PISSN: 19491034     EISSN: 19491042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/nucl.28005     Document Type: Review

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