Genomic landscape of human, bat, and ex vivo DNA transposon integrations

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1816-1822

  Campos Sánchez, Rebeca ^a   Kapusta, Aurélie ^b   Feschotte, Cédric ^b   Chiaromonte, Francesca ^a,c   Makova, Kateryna D ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA transposons; human genome; integration preferences; logistic regression; multiple linear regression; Myotis lucifugus genome; negative binomial regression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; EX VIVO STUDY; GENE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PIGGYBAT GENE; PURIFYING SELECTION; SLEEPING BEAUTY GENE; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84903723455     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msu138     Document Type: Article

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