Reality check for transposon enhancers
Hundreds of retrovirus-like sequences have features that suggest they might be gene enhancers, but only a small fraction displays gene-regulating activity in experiments on mouse stem cells.
Main Authors: | Julie Brind'Amour, Dixie L Mager |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2019-05-01
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Series: | eLife |
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/47900 |
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