Transcriptional regulation and transpositional selection of active SINE sequences

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作者
Schmid, Carl [1 ]
Maraia, Richard [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Genet & Chem, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[2] NICHHD, Lab Mol Growth Regulat, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
关键词
5-methyl cytosine; !sup]m[!/sup]C; IAP; intracisternal A-particle; LINE; long interspersed element; pol III; polymerase III; reverse transcriptase; RT; short interspersed element; SINE;
D O I
10.1016/S0959-437X(05)80110-8
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Alu repeats are short interspersed elements whose transpostition has lead to genetic variability and heritable disorders in humans. A select subset of the nearly one million Alu sequences in human DNA actually produce new transpositions. The evolution of newly inserted Alu repeats is currently a key subject for study. Mechanisms of RNA polymerase III activity and the sequence environment into which an Alu inserts might select for transcriptional and posttranscriptional determinants of Alu transposition.
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页码:874 / 882
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