Different integration site structures between L1 protein-mediated retrotransposition in <it>cis </it>and retrotransposition in <it>trans</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) is a dominant repetitive sequence in the human genome. Besides mediating its own retrotransposition, L1 can mobilize <it>Alu </it>and messenger RNA (mRNA) in <it>tr...

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Main Author: Kojima Kenji K
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-07-01
Series:Mobile DNA
Online Access:http://www.mobilednajournal.com/content/1/1/17