Altering Genomic Integrity: Heavy Metal Exposure Promotes Transposable Element-Mediated Damage

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 24-33

  Morales, Maria E ^a   Servant, Geraldine ^a   Ade, Catherine ^b   Roy Engel, Astrid M ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic damage; Heavy metals; Retroelement; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; RETROPOSON; TRANSPOSON;

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DAMAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; SHORT INTERSPERSED REPEAT; TRANSPOSON; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; RETROPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RETROELEMENTS;

EID: 84931010967     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-015-0298-3     Document Type: Article

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