Are transposable elements simply silenced or are they under house arrest?

被引：15

作者：

Biemont, Christian ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Lyon 1, Lab Biometrie & Biol Evolut, CNRS, UMR 5558, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France

来源：

TRENDS IN GENETICS | 2009年 / 25卷 / 08期

关键词：

RNA INTERFERENCE; DNA; RETROTRANSPOSONS; HETEROCHROMATIN; EVOLUTION;

D O I：

10.1016/j.tig.2009.05.006

中图分类号：

Q3 [遗传学];

学科分类号：

071007 ; 090102 ;

摘要：

Despite their role as key players in evolution, it is commonly thought that transposable elements are selected against and silenced. However, their importance in chromosomal biology and, therefore, cell division suggests that their presence in many eukaryote genomes is the result of their having been selected as major components of heterochromatin.

引用

页码：333 / 334

页数：2

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