Links Between Repeated Sequences

L1 and Alu elements are long and short interspersed retrotransposable elements (LINEs and SINEs) in humans, respectively. Proteins encoded in the autonomous L1 mediate retrotransposition of the nonautonomous Alu and cellular mRNAs. Alu is the only active SINE in the human genome and is derived from...

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Main Author: Sachiko Matsutani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2006-01-01
Series:Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/JBB/2006/13569