L1 Retrotransposons Are Transcriptionally Active in Hippocampus of Rat Brain
LINE1 (L1) is an autonomous, non-LTR retrotransposon and the L1 family of retrotransposons constitute around 17%, 20% and 23% in the human, mouse and rat genomes respectively. Under normal physiological conditions, the retroelements remain by and large transcriptionally silent but are activated in r...
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Language: | English |
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Karolinum Press
2016-01-01
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Series: | Prague Medical Report |
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Online Access: | https://pmr.lf1.cuni.cz/117/1/0042/ |