Placenta-specific expression of the interleukin-2 (IL-2) receptor β subunit from an endogenous retroviral promoter
The long terminal repeat (LTR) sequences of endogenous retroviruses and retroelements contain promoter elements and are known to form chimeric transcripts with nearby cellular genes. Here we show that an LTR of the THE1D retroelement family has been domesticated as an alternative promoter of human I...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2011
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