Retroelements and their impact on genome evolution and functioning

Abstract Retroelements comprise a considerable fraction of eukaryotic genomes. Since their initial discovery by Barbara McClintock in maize DNA, retroelements have been found in genomes of almost all organisms. First considered as a “junk DNA” or genomic parasites, they were shown to influence genom...
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Autor*in:

Gogvadze, Elena [verfasserIn]

Buzdin, Anton

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2009

Schlagwörter:

Retroelements

Genome rearrangements

Alteration of gene expression

Genome evolution

Cell defense

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© Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel/Switzerland 2009

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Enthalten in: Cellular and molecular life sciences - Cham (ZG) : Springer International Publishing AG, 1997, 66(2009), 23 vom: 02. Aug.

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volume:66 ; year:2009 ; number:23 ; day:02 ; month:08

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DOI / URN:

10.1007/s00018-009-0107-2

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SPR000151157

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