Transposable elements in the mammalian embryo: Pioneers surviving through stealth and service

Genome Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Gerdes, Patricia ^a   Richardson, Sandra R ^a   Mager, Dixie L ^b   Faulkner, Geoffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSPOSON;

BINDING SITE; BLASTOCYST; CELL RENEWAL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; ENVELOPE GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84971228919     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-016-0965-5     Document Type: Review

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