Exonization of the LTR transposable elements in human genome

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Retrotransposons have been shown to contribute to evolution of both structure and regulation of protein coding genes. It has been postulated that the primary mechanism by which retrotransposons contribute to structural gene evolution...

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Main Authors: Borodovsky Mark, Polavarapu Nalini, Piriyapongsa Jittima, McDonald John
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-08-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/8/291