Ancient transposable elements transformed the uterine regulatory landscape and transcriptome during the evolution of mammalian pregnancy

Cell Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 551-561

  Lynch, Vincent J ^a   Nnamani, Mauris C ^b   Kapusta, Aurélie ^c   Brayer, Kathryn ^b   Plaza, Silvia L ^b   Mazur, Erik C ^g   Emera, Deena ^b   Sheikh, Shehzad Z ^d   Grützner, Frank ^e   Bauersachs, Stefan ^f   Graf, Alexander ^f   Young, Steven L ^d   Lieb, Jason D ^a   DeMayo, Francesco J ^g   Feschotte, Cédric ^c   Wagner, Günter P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSPOSON;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BREEDING; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORMONE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; STROMA CELL; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

MAMMALIA; TETRAPODA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTOME; UTERUS;

EID: 84922820231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.12.052     Document Type: Article

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